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A new study by the President of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie examines four-year college completion rates. According to the report authored by Elizabeth Bradley, on average only 51 percent of students complete their studies. Only 10 percent of colleges graduate 80 percent of their students.
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Charles Seifert has been named Siena College’s next president. The private college in Loudonville announced the appointment Friday, saying the former banker who has taught at Siena for 26 years will assume office June 1st.
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There’s been much hue and cry over the past month from critics of President Joe Biden and his decision last month to cancel student debt for borrowers with federal student loans.
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Over the past few weeks, colleges opened up across New York. And for the first time since the beginning of the covid, colleges opened up more or less in the same manner as they did prior to the pandemic. By and large, classroom instruction is being conducted in-person, students can live in dorms with few restrictions, and campus activities are back in swing.
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Mike Pierce serves as executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center and joins The Best of Our Knowledge to discuss the economic impact of student loans, what NPR reporting might mean for reforms of the loan system and why he first became interested in the topic.
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He's working on a blueprint for AIC's future as he sees higher education "at a crossroads"
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As the president of United University Professions, the nation’s largest higher education union, a lot of papers with a lot of statistics land on my desk during a typical work day. But recently, I came across some data that was startling.
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As the cost of college continues to climb beyond the reach of many, and the racial divide both deepens and widens, the idea of tuition-free college gains…
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, investigative journalist and…
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The pandemic crisis is causing colleges to look at fundamental issues right now (like how to survive) so while concerns about legacy preference and…