Education Unit Supplementals Mr.Ducat
Mt San Jacinto Adjunct faculty in English
http://www.msjc.edu
 
A (last minute) supplemental:
++ "Grading Student Loans" from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Here is a quote: "The average outstanding student loan balance per borrower is $23,300. Again, there is substantial heterogeneity in balances of individual borrowers. The median balance of $12,800 is roughly half the average level, which indicates that a small fraction of people have balances significantly higher than the median."
++ Pathways_to_Prosperity_Feb2011.pdf

++ Georgetown University "The College Advantage"

++ Michael Leonard's piece on Salon.com, ""The Internet Will not Ruin College."

++ and his reply to himself two weeks later:
Michael Leonard's followup on Salon.com - "Conservatives Declare War on College."

++ NY Times article - "College Degree Required by Increasing Number of Companies"

++ "NY Times Opinionator blog post - "Equal Opportunity - Our National Myth"

++ the article that prompted sparked Clay Shirkey's response in the Awl: Maria Bustillos in The Awl - "How the For-Profit College Can Destroy your Life.

++ Clay Shirkey in The Awl, "How to Save College"

++ Bog post - "Yet Another Big Danger in For-Profit Education"

++ NY Times article, "University of Phoenix to Close 115 Locations"

++ Reuters column - "Running the Numbers on Your College Education ROI"

++ about the gainful employment rule, which was referenced in College, Inc. google search - "Gainful Employment Rule"

++ this article about student loan debt: Washington Post article "Student Loans Saddle Both Kinds of Seniors Graduates and Grandparents."

++ this pdf about California college completion rates Notice the rates for some colleges we know.
[If you cannot view the document, you may to download Adobe Reader. It is available to download for free at www.adobe.com.]

++ this article by Goldie Blumenstyk. "Loan-Default Rate at For-Profit Colleges Would Double Under New Formula" The Chronicle of Higher Education

++ this article by Robin Wilson. "For-Profit Colleges Change Higher Education's Landscape." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 Feb 2010 accessed 3 Feb 2011.

++ from Inside Higher Ed: "Behind the Billboards"

++ You can check out articles at http://www.good.is/category/education/ if you want to research some more.

++ Chronicle.com is also a good source!

++ Complete College America/ is sponsored by some very wealthy foundations: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Ford Foundation; Lumina Foundation for Education; W.K. Kellogg Foundation; USA Funds. It has a lot on information. Let's take a walk through some of it, shall we?

++ "Justice with Michael Sendal" episode 8 - "What's a Fair Start?" / "What Do We Deserve?"

++ PBS, "College, Inc."

THIS ONE IS INTERESTING, BUT VERY DENSE AND DIFFICULT AND NOT REQUIRED :)
++ Baumol and Bowen, "Rising Ed. Costs"
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