For-Profit Schools: ‘Agile Predators’ or Just Business Savvy? | 1/9/2012
Time highlights findings from CAPSEE’s for-profit study, considering whether for-profit institutions are predatory or merely capitalizing on the increased demand for college degrees.
For-Profit College Students Face Higher Debt, More Unemployment, Report Finds | 1/4/2012
An article in The Huffington Post provides detailed coverage of CAPSEE’s research on the student-loan debt and employment outcomes of students at for-profit colleges versus public or private nonprofit schools.
Study Finds Mixed Results for Students Attending For-Profit Colleges | 1/3/2012
The Chronicle of Higher Education highlights results from a study on for-profit colleges by David Deming, Claudia Goldin, and Lawrence Katz. The study found that students attending for-profit colleges are more likely to persist through their first year and graduate from short-term programs than their counterparts in public or private nonprofit colleges; however, employment outcomes after graduation were weaker for the former group.
By: Judith Scott-Clayton | National Bureau of Economic Research | January 2012
Recent cohorts of college enrollees are more likely to work, and work substantially more, than those of the past. October CPS data reveal that average labor supply among 18 to 22-year-old full-time undergraduates nearly doubled between 1970 and 2000, rising from 6 hours to 11 hours per week.