Nate Johnson’s Blog

In “Three Policies to Reduce Time to Degree” principal of Postsecondary Analytics, LLC, and senior consultant for HCM Strategists LLC, Nate Johnson suggests several strategies to address lagging college completion rates.

New Trend in Higher Education Marketing (6) “Utilizing For-profit Consulting Firms to Improve Institutional Management” In the US, there are many consulting firms that provide universities with institutional research services. Mr. Takeshi Yanagiura is one such consultant. As one of a few Japanese professionals in institutional research in the US, he has participated in many …

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Nate Johnson of Postsecondary Analytics, Kristin Conklin of HCM Strategists, and Sandy Baum of the George Washington University and Urban Institute argue that the design of the Pell grant program may further disadvantage some low-income students. Read the op-ed here.

The Department’s proposed distinction between consumer information and accountability in its ratings system is important. The focus should be on minimum standards across all institutions, especially for low-income students. The full text of Nate Johnson’s comments on the proposed ratings system is available here.

Nate Johnson of Postsecondary Analytics argues that depending on how the question is framed, the direct and indirect cost of providing instruction for the average bachelor’s degree at a public college or university is between $25,000 and $40,000, from a mix of public subsidies and student tuition. Where it falls in the range depends on …

What Does a College Degree Cost? Read More »

The Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research (AIR) presents the results of new research to measure and manage the institutional costs of student attrition. The package includes:

Postsecondary Analytics has recently released Attrition Cost Model, a SAS-based program that automatically calculates state’s annual cost of attrition. Attrition Cost is defined as the proportion of annual higher education expenditures spent on undergraduate students who do not complete a degree. The program is downloadable from here.

To get a better picture of the extent to which program requirements are responsible for extended time-to-degree, Complete College America commissioned HCM Strategists and Postsecondary Analytics to conduct a survey of 189 different degree programs at 310 institutions nationwide. The results of that survey and the associated report are now available here.

We are pleased to announce the release of a policy brief on ‘hidden part-timers’ in US higher education. ‘Hidden part-timers’ are students who are taking 12 credits to satisfy financial aid requirements, but will likely fail to complete their degrees on time. The brief summarizes the results of a recent nationwide survey commissioned by Complete College America …

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