Tag: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

African-American

Underrepresented In Faculty Jobs: Part of the Problem is Racism Against Black Faculty and Students

Recent protests have raised awareness of how racial discrimination has caused Blacks to be underrepresented in a number of occupations. The latest data shows one occupation in which blacks continue to be underrepresented is postsecondary teacher. This problem has persisted for generations and its origins stem in part from racism.

August 19, 2020

Opinion

Research Design Flaws Identified in Study Suggesting That Chief Diversity Officers “Hurt” Diversity

Last week, numerous media outlets highlighted a working paper submitted to the National Bureau of Economic Research contending that Chief Diversity Officers have no influence on faculty diversification and that their presence inversely influences the diversity of tenured faculty. The articles were widely shared in social media and received a visceral response from diversity experts who questioned the motivation for the study, analytic approach, its theoretical underpinnings, and interpretation of the results.

September 13, 2018

Students

Report: New York For-Profit Colleges Falling Short

New York’s for-profit colleges leave students with huge debt and have little impact on earning potential, according to a report published by The Century Foundation that compares student outcomes at 427 colleges and universities.

March 25, 2018

Students

Federal System Adds Transfer, Part-time Student Data to Mix

A longstanding effort to include more information about outcomes for transfer and part-time students materialized Thursday with the release of more detailed data through the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

October 12, 2017