tag: Graduate education
Past Event
March 1, 2023
Looking to the Future: What Students Need to Know
Conference on Best Practices for Law School Data
At Harvard Law School’s Conference on Best Practices for Law School, Ithaka S+R’s Catharine Bond Hill will participate in a panel discussion with Bridget Terry Long, Dayna Bowen Matthew, Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge, and Sudha Setty on “Looking to the Future: What Students Need to Know.” The conference is scheduled to take place on March 1, 2023 at 11:00 am – 5:15 pm ET.
Issue Brief
August 18, 2022
Post-Baccalaureate Bridge Programs
An Underutilized Tool for Strengthening Faculty Diversity
Over the last 50 years, the US has experienced significant shifts in its racial and ethnic makeup, making it a much more racially diverse country than it was a half century ago. The racial and ethnic composition of the higher education system has shifted too. In spite of this progress, various forms of racial bias, socioeconomic inequality, and academic gatekeeping continue to limit access of students from underrepresented minority (URM) and low-income backgrounds to higher education’s resources and potential benefits.
Blog Post
August 31, 2015
The Birth of an Uber Learning Economy
Before the financial crisis of 2008, the typical answer to differentiating yourself in a job market crowded with bachelor’s degrees was to get yet more college by earning a master’s degree. But since the recession, enrollment in graduate school has been essentially flat as fewer students seem to want to take on the debt of going back to school or question the return on investment in a tough job market. A front-page article in the Wall Street Journal earlier this…