Eclectic Technology

"The National Center for Education Statistics just released its 2012 Condition of Higher Education report, and for those who follow higher education, its findings are not surprising. Higher education is booming, with a 37% increase in enrollment from 2000-2010...There is a wealth of data in the report, but here are four of the research results that may go a long way toward explaining some of the recent challenges in higher education, including declining retention and graduation rates." A brief explanation of the results are below. The article provides additional detail as well as an analysis.

* Students accepted thru open admission are less likely to complete degrees.

* More students are working part time or full time.

* "Students seem to get less for their money at private for-profit colleges."

* "The achievement gap between white and other races/ethnicities is increasing."

I just read an interesting article on the Salon about how long work weeks produce lower quality work, and that it seems that about 40 hours a week is when the maximum productivity occurs. Of course if this applies to workers, then it presumably (or a similar number) applies to students as well.

So an obvious question is, how many hours are students in school?