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We Want You Back: Uncovering the Effects on In-Person Instructional Operations in Fall 2020
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Collier, Daniel A.; Fitzpatrick, Dan; Dell, Madison; Snideman, Samuel S.; Marsicano, Christopher R.; Kelchen, Robert; Wells, Kevin E. – Research in Higher Education, 2022
Postsecondary institutions' responses to COVID-19 are a topic of immediate relevance. Emergent research suggests that partisanship was more strongly linked to institutions offering in-person instruction for Fall 2020 than was COVID-19. Using data from the College Crisis Initiative and a multiple group structural equation modeling approach, we…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Conventional Instruction, Social Influences
Performance-Based Funding Produces Mixed Results. Forum: Should Congress Link Higher-Ed Funding to Graduation Rates? Debating the Use of Degree Completion as an Accountability Metric
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Kelchen, Robert – Education Next, 2020
The federal government currently provides more than $150 billion each year to students and their families in the form of grants, loans, work-study funds, and tax credits to help make college more affordable. This sizable public investment in higher education has indeed made college attendance possible for a larger share of Americans. However,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Federal Aid
Should Congress Link Higher-Ed Funding to Graduation Rates? Debating the Use of Degree Completion as an Accountability Metric
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Kelchen, Robert; Erickson, Lanae – Education Next, 2020
After decades of slow growth, the share of young Americans completing college has increased to 48 percent in 2019, from 39 percent 10 years earlier. What accounts for the rise? Are more students clearing a meaningful bar for graduation, or are colleges and universities engaging in credential inflation and lowering their academic standards? This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Federal Aid