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#highered book review: ‘A Perfect Mess,’ by David F. Labaree

In a 1982 speech, President Ronald Reagan described status quo as a Latin term for “the mess we’re in.” If that’s the case, then David F. Labaree has no problem with the status quo of higher education. Continue reading “#highered book review: ‘A Perfect Mess,’ by David F. Labaree”

Friday Five: Second thoughts on college

A new report suggests over half of college grads in the U.S. have second thoughts about their experience.

If you had it to do all over again, what would you change about your college experience? Would you pursue a different major? Go to a different school? Start out at a community college, then transfer?

These questions are at the heart of a recent report from Gallup and the Strada Education Network. On Second Thought: U.S. Adults Reflect on Their Education Decisions is the first of a three-year series of Education Consumer Pulse reports Gallup and Strada plan to issue that deal with people’s perceptions of their education paths. Continue reading “Friday Five: Second thoughts on college”