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Direct linkLarry Barker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Tuition discounting has been a long-standing practice among colleges and universities. Its roots can be traced to the beginnings of the 1970s, and its use has continued to increase and expand in the decades following. However, despite its widespread use, the research is inconclusive whether tuition discounting has been an effective strategy to…
Descriptors: Universities, Colleges, Tuition, Student Costs
Peer reviewedLi, Amy Y. – Educational Policy, 2020
Performance funding policies for higher education allocate appropriations to public institutions based on student outcomes such as degree completions. This study investigates whether a special science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) incentive in 13 state performance funding policies leads to greater undergraduate degree…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Higher Education, STEM Education
Download full textMississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2021
This report presents academic year 2018 through 2021 degrees awarded and top-ten degrees at Mississippi institutes of higher education, along with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees awarded and top-ten degrees, and August 2021 academic program summary for Mississippi. The following institutes of higher education are…
Descriptors: State Universities, Public Colleges, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Childress, Cameron; Ward, James Dean; Pisacreta, Elizabeth Davidson – ITHAKA S+R, 2023
As Mississippi prepares to support the statewide postsecondary attainment goal, understanding the returns to higher education is crucial to determining where to invest resources. Ithaka S+R has partnered with the Woodward Hines Education Foundation to provide Mississippi policymakers, advocates, and legislators with information they need to make…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Postsecondary Education, Futures (of Society), Educational Attainment
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2020
This report presents academic year 2017 through 2020 degrees awarded and top-ten degrees at Mississippi institutes of higher education, along with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees awarded and top-ten degrees, and August 2020 academic program summary for Mississippi. The following institutes of higher education are…
Descriptors: State Universities, STEM Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2022
This report presents academic year 2019 through 2022 degrees awarded and top-ten degrees at Mississippi institutes of higher education, along with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees awarded and top-ten degrees, and August 2021 academic program summary for Mississippi. The following institutes of higher education are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Degrees, STEM Education, State Universities
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2019
This report presents academic year 2016 through 2019 degrees awarded and top-ten degrees at Mississippi institutes of higher education, along with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees awarded and top-ten degrees, and August 2019 academic program summary for Mississippi. The following institutes of higher education are…
Descriptors: State Universities, Certification, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Saunders, K. M.; Nagle, B. T. – Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, UNCF, 2018
A college degree is increasingly vital for career mobility and economic success as more employers are requiring greater levels of education and credentials. For more than 150 years, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a leading role in graduating black students and have made significant contributions to the workforce…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African American Students, Enrollment, Graduation Rate
George, Joey F.; Marett, Kent – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2019
Changes to degree programs in Information Systems are often attributed to quickly-evolving technology and the subsequent changing needs of the employers who hire IS graduates. In this paper, we explore other social and economic factors that were the inspiration for curriculum changes by assigning them to one of four eras in the IS timeline. Using…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Programming, Computer Science Education, Bachelors Degrees
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2022
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning serves as the governing board overseeing the eight public universities in Mississippi, including the University of Mississippi Medical Center located in Jackson. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is the accrediting body for each of the public universities in Mississippi.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Public Colleges, Research and Development
Atchison, Eric S. – Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2018
This report presents academic year 2015 through 2018 degrees awarded and top-ten degrees at Mississippi institutes of higher education, along Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees awarded and top-ten degrees, and August 2018 academic program summary for Mississippi. The following institutes of higher education are…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Higher Education, State Universities, Certification
Simmons, Chris; Fisher, Amy K. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2016
This article reports results from a study examining the effects of field education on cognitive development. BSW students enrolled in either a semester-long practicum/field seminar or prepracticum courses completed pretest and posttest measures of cognitive complexity to assess cognitive development. Results indicated that field practicum students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Field Experience Programs, Social Work, Undergraduate Students
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2021
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning serves as the governing board overseeing the eight public universities in Mississippi, including the University of Mississippi Medical Center located in Jackson. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is the accrediting body for each of the public universities in Mississippi.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Public Colleges, Research and Development
Atchison, Eric S. – Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 2017
This report presents academic year 2014 through 2017 degrees awarded and top-ten degrees at Mississippi institutes of higher education, along with August 2017 academic program summary for Mississippi. The following institutes of higher education are presented: (1) IHL System; (2) Alcorn State University; (3) Delta State University; (4) Jackson…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Higher Education, State Universities, Certification
MDC, 2018
Community colleges, which often serve a higher proportion of students from low-income backgrounds, students of color, and women, can be launching pad institutions that change the educational and economic trajectory for individuals and families, awarding credentials that can lead to better paying jobs or form the foundation for additional…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Two Year College Students, School Culture
