New data shows that while those with professional or pre-professional degrees may enter the workforce with higher salaries than their liberal arts peers, those peers may have the last laugh. Recent census data shows that “at peak earnings ages (56-60 years)...
Since the addition of Majors2-4 introduces new complexity to the counting of students, talking through various scenarios and documenting them seemed a useful thing to do. Some of this discussion may be as easy as some wording changes. Colleges or departments might...
On May 9, 2014 the Institutional Research Interest Group hosted the presentation, “Using Data Analytics to Improve Student Success.” Bart Pursel, Faculty Programs Coordinator, Teaching and Learning with Technology; Co-Director, Center for Online Innovation...
In 2013, the Interim Provost and Chair of the Senate charged a task force with revising Penn State’s program of general education. Since that time, that group has been working diligently to develop a process as well as a curriculum and assessment plan, and they...
There seems to be lots of interest (and trepidation!) about the efforts of the General Education Task Force to revise Penn State’s General Education curriculum. If you are interested in following the progress of the Task Force,...
