The for-profit sector has been tarnished by minimal admission standards, low rates ofdegreecompletion, and high loan default rates, hardly the kind of brand association a world-renowned university would seek out.
The Aspen Prize recognizes community college excellence in the areas of student learning, degreecompletion, labor market success in securing good jobs after college, and minority and low-income student success.
Differential tuition is a variant of performance-based funding, a system of allocating state higher education resources based on performance metrics such as degreecompletion.
It is heartening to know that a majority of my colleagues are recognizing the value and role that these can play in degreecompletion, especially for the working adult.