A recent report written by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities used data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to examine the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in engineering education in the United States.
Year: 2018
Faces of Dreamers: Jin Park, Rhodes Scholar
Jin Park is a senior at Harvard University and the first DACA recipient to receive a Rhodes Scholarship.
NASEM Report Shows How MSIs Can Strengthen STEM Workforce
Results of the widely anticipated National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, Minority Serving Institutions: America’s Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce, reveal a range of actions to strengthen STEM programs and degree attainment at minority serving institutions.
EAB Publishes Fast Facts About First-Generation Students
EAB has compiled a list of facts about first-generation students in the United States that draws from recently published research.
Paper Finds Tuition-Free Promise Programs Reduce Income Gaps in College Choice
A recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper focused on the effect of a targeted, tuition-free promise on college choices of high-achieving, low-income students in Michigan.
Study Examines Developmental Education Policies by State
A recent study conducted by the Education Commission of the States used a set of questions to identify state- and system-level policies that exist within each state that impact specific aspects of developmental education assessment and placement in postsecondary education.
The Rise of Mental Health on College Campuses: Protecting the Emotional Health of Our Nation’s College Students
Nance Roy, chief clinical officer of the Jed Foundation, provides action steps to support emotional well-being and reduce suicide and substance abuse for college students.
NBER Paper Explores How Cost of Instruction Varies by Field of Study
A recent working paper titled “Why is Math Cheaper than English? Understanding Cost Differences in Higher Education” released by The National Bureau of Economic Research analyzes department-level data to explore how the costs of postsecondary instruction vary across different fields of study.
Veterans Education Success Report Examines Veterans’ Completion Rates
A recent report released by Veterans Education Success examined the factors surrounding postsecondary degree completion of student veterans including rate of completion, use of GI Bill benefits, and time-to-degree.
Paper Studies Effects of Default Option on Student Loan Repayment
Findings from a recent NBER working paper suggest that as many as one in four student borrowers are enrolled in the federal standard repayment plan—and exposed to the risk of loan default—because it is the default repayment option.
ACE at 100: Supporting College Access and Diversity
Achieving equitable access to college for communities of color and recognizing and protecting institutional autonomy and freedom to construct a diverse campus that generates educational benefits for its students have been critical goals for ACE throughout its history.
Defining and Practicing Deep Civility on College Campuses
Dialogue around the future of open expression on campuses requires us to think beyond surface expressions of civility. The University of Missouri’s Ashley Woodson looks at the idea of deep civility, which demands radically empathetic regard for others in shared spaces.