| Are Your Graduates Employable? |
 With the competition for jobs continuing to increase, many new graduates are finding themselves wading into deep water when they begin their search for employment. Add to that the rising cost of tuition, the reduction in the availability of Pell Grants, and increasing loan interest rates, the results of your job placement efforts have never been more critical to student success. It is now more important than ever that schools take steps to ensure their students are learning the right skills needed for a productive, employable future.
The articles in this quarter's The Answer Key provide some ideas for you to consider when it comes to producing the best graduates possible. Whether it's through coaching, implementing new hiring practices, or using some type of learning outcomes measure, we hope you find some helpful tips to combat the potential challenges your students may be facing as they graduate.
As always, we are here to help!
John Picone
National Sales Director
877.568.5792
john.picone@wonderlic.com
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How Coaching can Increase Completion Rates
Historically, college completion rates have lagged behind overall college attendance. This paper researches the theory that students who do not succeed in college may do better with a mentor guiding them. This study demonstrates the positive effect of mentorship and coaching programs on increasing completion rates.
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Where Have All the Students Gone? Enrollment Trends in Private Sector Higher Education
This new report from The Parthenon Group explores the reasons for the +20% decline in 2011 student enrollment. Several strategies are given to help schools improve student persistence, increase enrollment, and combat "degree fatigue."
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Making Learning Transparent
Learning outcomes assessments are vital to the ongoing success of higher learning institutions. This report from the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment examines assessment activity at the program and department level, as well as takes a look at methods schools can use to make progress towards improving student and institutional performance.
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Six-Year Outcomes of Students Attending For-Profit Postsecondary Institutions
This study from the U.S. Department of Education, released in December of 2011, follows the outcomes of students who enrolled at for-profit postsecondary schools in 2003. Demographics and characteristics of the students are also included.
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The Stages of Accepting Assessments
Dr. Margaret Miller argues that the assessment movement over the course of the past 25 years is similar to what individuals experience as they move through Kubler Ross's stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
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Ambitious 2013 Budget Includes Community Colleges
The recently released 2013 budget includes an $8 billion "Community College to Career" fund that builds on the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program.
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100% Job Placement is Possible
A Chicago-area trade school teaches modern skills needed for today's manufacturing jobs; students are being hired before they graduate.
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Professional Development Strategies
Two strategies implemented by colleges to assist in professional development are shared.
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Events
NCA HLC, Chicago, IL – Mar 30-April 3
DETC, Maui, Hawaii – Apr 15-17
NACC, Montreal, Quebec – May 2-4
LAPCS, Baton Rouge, LA – May 4
APSCU, Las Vegas, NV – June 20-22
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