It costs much more to recruit new students than to keep the ones you have, which is why retention is so important to colleges and universities. With a 67 percent one-year retention rate costing $6.5 million in lost revenue annually, Valdosta State University (Ga.) officials knew they had to act. The problem was data that could have helped identify remedies were sorely lacking, and what little information the institution possessed was difficult to access and analyze.
Daily News
4/10/2013
Worldwide, there are about 1.5 billion children eligible for primary education and 650 million students eligible for higher education. What if we could effectively educate each student for just $1,000 a year? It would be an achievement greater than the $100 tablet computer (soon to be on the market) and would make education accessible to almost anyone.
4/10/2013
This National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) project and report, supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, presents both the current landscape of state higher education finance and opportunities for improving it—from the perspective of state budget officers.
4/9/2013
Déjà vu all over again? The interest rate on government-subsidized Stafford loans is set to double on July 1 – to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent – unless Congress acts to stop it. And there’s no guarantee it will.
4/9/2013
John Wolf, believed to have recommended against firing basketball coach Mike Rice in December, has resigned from his position as interim senior vice president and general counsel last week, but sources say he has been reassigned to another role within the university
4/9/2013
Plastic single-serving bottles filled with water will no longer be sold in most places on Drake University’s campus next fall after a successful student-led campaign to ban the convenient and popular items.
4/9/2013
A bill that would have allowed Colorado's community colleges to offer a very limited number of bachelor’s degrees failed by one vote in the state House Education Committee.
4/9/2013
The Senate budget proposal released last week included a 20 percent surcharge on the tuition paid by international students. But they apparently didn’t ask anybody over at the University of Washington, where most of the state’s international students enroll.
4/9/2013
Penalties for Michigan's colleges, universities, school districts and communities that approved union contracts in the weeks leading up to right-to-work laws taking effect will not be included in the state Senate versions of those budgets.
4/9/2013
Midland U is trying a no-nonsense student accountability program. Three black marks — for skipping class, failing quizzes or missing homework — and a student will be kicked out of that class.
4/9/2013
A student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at a Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people before being subdued and arrested, authorities said.
4/9/2013
Panasonic has introduced the PT-DZ13K Series of projectors, the latest addition to its 3-chip DLP projector lineup.
4/9/2013
Datamark has expanded its on-demand print services to now include tri-fold and bi-fold brochures, postcards, self-mailers, flyers, letters, newsletters, greeting cards, invitations, and posters.
4/9/2013
Vaddio has introduced the ZoomSHOT high definition point-of-view camera with HDMI and Analog Component outputs.
4/9/2013
Wittenberg University is using FolderWave's cloud computing system to automate workflow and operations for managing applications, admission, and enrollment for the school.
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