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A Growing Need for Online Education

Enrollment in online schools has been growing steadily over the past five years. Many attribute this growth to the growing demand for alternative educational options. The large number of corporate mergers and layoffs has prompted many people to return to school to learn new skills. Since many of these people had previously worked in the same position for fifteen years or more, they realized that they needed a new skill-set in order to be competitive in the current job market. Many of these people also don�t have the luxury of attending a four year college. So as a result, they are enrolling in online courses that typically last from twelve to fourteen months. Then there are those who are working fulltime but want to return to school so they can become more marketable and make more money. Since just about every industry today is becoming more and more dependent on digital technology, many workers over the age of fifty are returning to school so they can become more digital savvy. These ...

Choosing a College Major

Selecting a college major may be more challenging than some people think. It also doesn�t help that most colleges today offer a very wide range of degree options, which makes selecting one even harder. One group of people that really has a hard time selecting a college major, are recent high school graduates. The reason some of these grads have such a hard time selecting a major is because they don�t really have enough life experience to make a decision. This is why so many select standard degrees in areas like business or finance. Then there are those grads who select a degree major based on recommendations from family and friends. This has proven to be disastrous in many cases. For example, a creative based person may end up pursuing a degree in anthropology because their family thought it would be interesting. Although their family members meant well, a anthropology degree is not a good degree choice for a creative based person. When it comes to selecting a degree, it is recommended...

National Survey of Student Engagement

The National Survey of Student Engagement is a survey that tracks the educational efforts of college students. This includes tracking the amount of effort being put towards studying, and also the amount of effort being put towards other educational related activities. The conceptual idea for the survey was initially presented in 1998, and the first official survey was launched in 1999. The first survey was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, and its primary goal was to create an effective platform for collecting collegiate data. The process of collecting information involves working with hundreds of four year colleges and universities. Through this partnership, the National Survey of Engagement team members are able to collect data on student participation levels, how students spend their time, and what they are learning from college. The colleges and universities that participate in the survey receive a summary report of student responses from other competing ...

National Survey of College Graduates

For the past 43 years, the National Survey of Colleges has been conducted in order to track and identify specific trends of college graduates. This survey was officially launched in 1970, and over the years thousands of companies and non-profit organizations have used the results from the survey as part of their business planning and marketing research. Let's take a look at what the survey tracks and what is included in the survey results. One of the things the survey tracks is how specific degrees impact future career opportunities. In the 1970's for example, graduates who majored in education and accounting had a better chance of getting a job and having a successful career then graduates who majored in other disciplines such as art, history and archeology. This trend gradually started changing however in the late 1980's and early 1990's. By this time more and more graduates started majoring in fields like business and finance because more job opportuniti...