The honors program pitch arrives with the acceptance packet. Smaller seminars, priority registration, a thesis project in the senior year, the prestige line on the transcript. The expected response is gratitude and immediate enrollment. The harder question, which the brochure does not invite, is whether the extra workload pays off for the specific student making … Read more
The community college transfer pathway is one of the most studied and least solved problems in American higher education. About 80 percent of community college students who enroll for the first time say they intend to earn a bachelor’s degree. Roughly 30 percent actually transfer. Of those who transfer, fewer than half complete a bachelor’s … Read more
When Northeastern announced its three-year bachelor’s option a few years back, the program looked like a recruiting gimmick. Today, more than 40 institutions offer something similar, and the list keeps growing. Indiana University, the University of Minnesota system, a cluster of small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest – they have all started to publish … Read more