College Tidbits

Today’s Guest Blogger: Kelly Kilpatrick

More and more, we are hearing in the news and other sources online that 4-year college degrees are not as valuable as they once were.

This trend is due to many factors, and among them is the fact that students go to college simply because it is expected of them, not because they actually want to go.

In days past, students took aptitude tests that determined their specific interests, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, and then chose institutions that would help them hone their skills.

Although many schools still use this method of determining what students should do after graduating high school, the current trend is to get students to at least try going to college first…Read more

Cash-strapped community colleges in California feel the pain as regional accreditors, under increasing federal pressure for accountability, crack down on colleges over self-assessment.

More than two years after Education Secretary Margaret Spellings stood on a podium in Washington and announced the formation of her Commission on the Future of Higher Education, some of its most powerful effects so far have been on a belt of community colleges nearly 3,000 miles away…read the full article