Why aren’t people going to college? — from highereddive.com by Rick Seltzer
Many of those who didn’t enroll or complete degrees say college was too expensive — but they also cite stress and career uncertainty, new research finds.
Excerpts:
Researchers offered four main insights for higher education:
- Who attends college isn’t just a demographic question
- The education marketplace is fundamentally different today than it has been in the past
- Higher education’s language is missing the mark, and so are educational pathways
- Students are willing to pay for college if they know returns will follow
Also relevant/see:
Some High-School Grads Say No to College. Here’s Why — and What Might Change Their Minds. — from chronicle.com by Audrey Williams June
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
The data also underscore how the education marketplace has shifted in recent years, said Adam Burns, chief operations officer and senior research analyst for Edge Research, during a media call. For instance, nearly 47 percent of the young adults surveyed said they had taken a class offered via YouTube or were currently doing so.
“As we all know,” Burns said, “there are more educational options at people’s disposal than ever before.”
MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era — from edsurge.com by Jeffrey R. Young
Excerpt:
Five professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have some answers.
They released a white paper yesterday called “Ideas For Designing An Affordable New Educational Institution,” where they lay out a framework for essentially a new class of university that would take advantage of various trends that have emerged in the past few years.