Joanne Jacobs
Half of students don't want to go to college, but don't know what else they could do
About half of teenagers say they don't want to go to college right out of high school, according to a new Gallup/Walton survey , reports ...
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Joanne Jacobs
- May 16
- 1 min
Degrees for all: How to make day care more expensive, less available
Requiring day-care workers to earn a college degree would backfire, critics said. It would drive experienced people out of the field,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 10
- 2 min
College or Chipotle? High school graduates need more choices
America invests more than $500 billion of taxpayer money in colleges each year, writes Ryan Craig, in an Education Next forum. That...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Joe the Plumber is retiring: Will Gen Z train for trades jobs?
Plumbers are retiring faster than apprentices are joining the trade, reports Salena Zito in the Washington Examiner. Builders report...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Apprenticeships fail to launch in the U.S.
Ninety-two percent of Americans like the idea of apprenticeships, according to a recent American Staffing Association survey, and 62...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 25
- 2 min
College students aren't all that smart: IQ average falls to 102
The average college student has average intelligence, concludes a meta-analysis by Canadian researchers, writes Ross Pomeroy on Big...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 31, 2023
- 1 min
Are educated people smarter? Link is weakening, says study in Norway
Cognitive ability no longer is linked strongly to years of education, concludes a Norwegian study published in published in Scientific...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 30, 2023
- 2 min
Hey, hey, we won't pay: 40% of student debtors aren't paying
More than 22 million former college students were supposed start repaying their loans on Oct. 1 when the three-year-long pandemic pause...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 21, 2023
- 1 min
Men say 'meh' to college
The higher ed gender gap is widening, reports Richard Fry for the Pew Research Center. Fewer young men are pursuing degrees, especially...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 29, 2023
- 1 min
Everyone passes -- or else!
Universities will have to push failing students above the 50 percent mark or pay hefty fines under legislation proposed by the Australian...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 11, 2023
- 2 min
Feds fund college, neglect job training
College isn't worth the cost, say 56 percent of of respondents -- 60 percent among 18- to 34-year-olds -- in a a new Wall Street Journal...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 6, 2023
- 1 min
Educating for adulthood
Americans have fallen out of love with college degrees, writes Jenny Anderson in Time. In 2019, Americans ranked “preparing for college”...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 6, 2023
- 2 min
What's the purpose of high school?
Teaching "self-sufficiency and competence" should be the goal of high school -- not merely college prep -- writes Selim Tlili, a biology...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 11, 2023
- 1 min
What parents worry about
Depression and anxiety are the top worries of parents, according to a Pew Research Center survey, report Rachel Minkin and Juliana...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 4, 2023
- 2 min
College is 'worth it' for those who want to learn -- which isn't everyone
Students' desire to learn is the key to college success, writes Jonathan Malesic, who teaches writing at the University of Texas at...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 13, 2022
- 1 min
Reinvent high school, but how?
Fordham's 2022 Wonkathon is looking for ideas on how to reinvent high school: What policy barriers get in the way? If we all agree that...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min
Drop college mandates for jobs before the next $400 billion bailout
Forgiving student loans -- if it survives a legal challenge -- is estimated to cost $400 billion to $500 billion or more. That means...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
As 'college for all' fades, schools build career pathways
"College for all" meant degrees for some, disappointment for others and $1.75 trillion in debt for 48 million borrowers. Urban school...
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