Archives for December 2016

Beyond College Rankings

The choice of whether and where to attend college is among the most important investment decisions individuals and families make, yet people know little about how institutions of higher learning compare along important dimensions of quality…popular rankings of college quality, such as those produced by U.S. News, Forbes, and Money, focus only on a small fraction of the nation’s four-year colleges and tend to reward highly selective institutions over those that contribute the most to student success.

Source: Beyond College Rankings : A Value-Added Approach to Assessing
Two- and Four-Year Schools, Brookings Institution, ,Jonathan Rothwell
and Siddharth Kulkarni

The Skills Gap

In mid 2016 there were a record 5.8 million unfilled job openings. The large number of openings was the result of a skills gap even with a very low 4.7% unemployment rate. Not enough job applicants had the skills needed – an opportunity for a career change for you.

More from Graduate Survey

According to Sokanu, degree programs posting high levels of satisfaction were
Women’s Studies, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology,
Applied Mathematics and Philosophy and Religious Studies. Degrees in
Operations Logistics and E-commerce, Medical Assisting, Automotive Repair,
Medical Administration and Accounting placed as the least satisfying degree programs.

Backwards

Online career support company Sokanu surveyed 22,000 college graduates.
The results: jobs most in-demand and high-paying among employers are among
the least popular among college students, and degrees with the lowest levels
of earning potential are attracting the greatest number of students.

It’s an immense opportunity!