Houston Community College’s motto is ‘start here, go anywhere.’ Tis the season when many students are determining where they will go to school in the fall. With all the excitement and anxiety surrounding transferring schools, one crucial thing is missing: reliable information.
Decisions on where to go to college are largely made in the dark. One important factor in deciding on where to transfer is, how will attending and graduating from the university impact my financial future? Unfortunately, much of this information is kept from students.
Some of this information is available. The CollegeScorecard.ed.gov allows students to compare colleges and universities average annual costs, graduation rates and salaries after attending.
According to HCC’s Academic Dashboard, most students transfer to the University of Houston main …show more content…
Championed in large part by lobbyists for for-profit and private non-profit institutions, the Student Unit Record Ban blocks the Department of Education from collecting information about individual students due to privacy concerns on even anonymous student-level data.
Some schools offer support to minority, low-income and first generation students. While one university may have a better overall graduation rate, what school is the best at graduating transfer minority students? Such info would certainly help students make better decisions on what schools to attend.
All college tuition is pricey, but the sticker shock of transferring from a community college to a four-year school can be daunting. Students deserve meaningful data to help them make the right choice of what university program will be best for them. Congress should overturn the student unit record ban to enable and empower students with the information to make a wise investment in their education and
Decisions on where to go to college are largely made in the dark. One important factor in deciding on where to transfer is, how will attending and graduating from the university impact my financial future? Unfortunately, much of this information is kept from students.
Some of this information is available. The CollegeScorecard.ed.gov allows students to compare colleges and universities average annual costs, graduation rates and salaries after attending.
According to HCC’s Academic Dashboard, most students transfer to the University of Houston main …show more content…
Championed in large part by lobbyists for for-profit and private non-profit institutions, the Student Unit Record Ban blocks the Department of Education from collecting information about individual students due to privacy concerns on even anonymous student-level data.
Some schools offer support to minority, low-income and first generation students. While one university may have a better overall graduation rate, what school is the best at graduating transfer minority students? Such info would certainly help students make better decisions on what schools to attend.
All college tuition is pricey, but the sticker shock of transferring from a community college to a four-year school can be daunting. Students deserve meaningful data to help them make the right choice of what university program will be best for them. Congress should overturn the student unit record ban to enable and empower students with the information to make a wise investment in their education and