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V iews on college affordability and later college enrollment and employment

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

Students who thought that their family could afford to send them to college were more likely to be enrolled in college by 3 years after high school. This Data Poin t uses data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), a national study of more than 23,000 ninth-graders in 2009. Students answered surveys between 2009 and 2016. This Data Point looks at the connection between views o

Relatively large enrollment declines in community colleges that had lots of programs that deliver assembly, repair and maintenance skills

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Weak labor markets typically lead young workers to invest in skills. High unemployment during COVID diverged from prior downturns: enrollment at community colleges dropped by 9.5 percent between 2019 and 2020, with the drop larger among men. COVID disruptions generated supply-side impacts on courses of study requiring significant capital and “hands on” experiential learning, particularly programs

Students retain information quite well when watching lectures at up to twice their actual speed

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Recorded lectures have become a routine part of course instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and college students often try to pack more learning into a shorter span by watching these recordings at double their normal speed or even faster. But does comprehension suffer as a result? Surprisingly, no — up to a point. A new UCLA study shows that students retain information quite well when watchi

Data on 2017–18 Postsecondary Students

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Data from the 2017–18 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Administrative Collection (NPSAS:18-AC) are now available. NPSAS:18-AC is a first-of-its-kind administrative data collection of national- and state-level representative data on postsecondary students enrolled in the 2017–18 academic year. NPSAS:18-AC includes nationally representative samples of undergraduate and graduate students en

Re-enrolling and completing a bachelor's degree has positive effect on annual income

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 6d

Returning to college to earn a bachelor's degree leads to both an immediate increase in annual income after graduation and an increase in annual income growth each year after graduation, according to a Kansas State University economics researcher. Amanda Gaulke, assistant professor of economics in the College of Arts and Sciences, found that students who return to college and finish a bachelor's

Later school start times prevent sleep deprivation for parents of middle and high school students

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d

A new study by researchers at National Jewish Health finds that parents of adolescents got more sleep when middle and high schools start about an hour later, while the sleep habits of parents of younger children were unaffected by earlier elementary school start times. The study is the first-ever to examine parent sleep as an outcome for changing school start times. National Jewish Health partner

School closures led to more sleep and better quality of life for adolescents

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 9d

The school closures in spring 2020 had a negative effect on the health and well-being of many young people. But homeschooling also had a positive flipside: Thanks to sleeping longer in the morning, many teenagers reported improved health and health-related quality of life. The study authors from the University of Zurich therefore believe school days should begin later in the morning. The first wa

No significant link between in-person schooling and COVID infection rates

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 10d

Peer-Reviewed Publication A new study led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York shows that COVID-19 incidence rates were not statistically different in counties with in-person learning versus remote school modes in most regions of the U.S. As the COVID-19 virus arrived on U.S. shores in early 2020, nearly every school district went to all-remote learning in the hopes o

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