Scholarships – Merit vs. Need: This story is reported as an “either or” message. It’s not true. Merit scholarships are a competitive tool used to attract the most appealing students to enroll. Merit scholarships are about the institution and its operations requirements. Need based scholarships are about supporting the disadvantaged.
Beyond College Rankings
Posted on December 28, 2016 // Leave a Comment
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
Posted on December 26, 2016 // Leave a Comment
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.
