The Price of Higher Education
Guests:
Vickie Alleman, VP of Marketing Communications and Enrollment Management, University of St. Thomas
Dr. Lyle McKinney, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Houston
In today’s world, employers may not even look at you without a college degree or university diploma. The competition is getting fierce…University of Texas Austin cut back on its “guaranteed acceptance rate” from automatically accepting the top 10% of graduating high school seniors, to automatically admitting the top 8%. Is this a new trend? How do colleges and universities look at their potential student bodies? What advice is there for students wanting to get into the schools of their choosing?
Original broadcast, February 11, 2011.
Related Links:
Report: First Two Years of College Show Small Gains, USA Today
Is College Worth It?, The Atlantic
Best Colleges, U.S. News and World Report
Center for College Affordability and Productivity
