Ep. 119: Voices of Student Success: Careers as an Undercurrent
How career integration can boost students’ outcomes, addressing concerns about the return on investment in higher education.
The U.S. government is casting a skeptical eye on college policies that withhold academic transcripts and otherwise punish students because they owe the institutions money. This week's episode of The Key explores why some institutions use those policies and why consumer advocates think they're pernicious, even though they're only a small fraction of the $1.7 trillion student debt problem in American higher education.
Martin Kurzweil, director of the educational transformation program at Ithaka S+R, discusses research on what it calls “stranded credits” that colleges sometimes hold hostage from former students and a promising experiment that could offer a way out for students and colleges alike.
Melanie Gottlieb, executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, explains why many higher ed officials oppose potential federal regulation to ban such policies, but acknowledges the need for colleges to limit the kinds of debt they try to collect from students.
Hosted by Inside Higher Ed Editor Doug Lederman. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan.
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How career integration can boost students’ outcomes, addressing concerns about the return on investment in higher education.
This episode examines how institutions are adapting to growing pressure to prepare learners for work.
Voices of Student Success, a series focused on student retention, engagement and graduation in higher education, takes over this week’s episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast.
A new episode examines chief academic officers’ views on a range of pressing issues.
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