Here is a website that has the top colleges by career outcome along with a search tool.
Maybe you should choose a college based on their (and your) ability to get a job in the career you want!
Education to Career
Yet another way to research and find a college is by looking at their Education to Career Outcome Index Score (ETC).
Here is a website that has the top colleges by career outcome along with a search tool. Maybe you should choose a college based on their (and your) ability to get a job in the career you want! Education to Career
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Originally posted on Gizmodo Ever wondered if your choice of job was influenced by what your parents did for a living? Well, researchers at Facebook have taken a look at parent-child profession choices to find out.
In a blog post, Facebook research staff Ismail Onur Filiz and Lada Adamic explain how they’ve sifted through 5.6 million parent-child pairs in the English-speaking Facebook world to identify some trends. By examining listed occupations, the pair were able to calculate the probability of a child having an occupation given their parent’s occupation. The image above shows how a son’s employment relates to that of their father, but you can explore way more in a series of interactive visualizations over on the Facebook blog. As an example, the son of a father who works in the legal profession is 4.6 times as likely to practice medicine than the average. Meanwhile, daughters whose mothers are nurses are 3.75 times more likely to enter nursing than the average. But it’s worth bearing in mind that some of these statistical quirks may not mean much in the grander scheme of things, as the pair explains: Even though relatively speaking, a child may be much more likely to follow in his or her parents’ footsteps, the absolute percentage may still be quite low. A son who has a father in the military is 5 times more likely to enter the military, but just 1 in 4 sons of a military professional does so. For fathers in the dataset who work in farming, fishing and forestry, only 3% of their sons stay in the profession, but this probability is 7.6 times the overall rate. 20% of daughters of mothers who work in office and administrative support choose the same career, but this is only 2x the usual rate. There’s clearly way to much data here to describe it all, so it’s worth heading to the page to check out what you’re interested in looking at. [Facebook] Choosing a college is a huge decision, and there are so many things to consider. One college admissions officer suggests using the “three rates” for each college to make sure you’ll make the right choice.
University of Richmond dean of admission and associate VP Gil Villanueva tells the New York Times: I’ll have [my son] track what I call the “three rates” for each college. The first is the retention rate: Are students returning as sophomores? Because if they are, then I make the argument that they have had a very good experience, their needs are met. Next is the graduation rate. A fifth or a sixth year in a college represents forgone income or time that you are not in graduate school — and you are not going to get that back. The last rate is the placement rate or “student outcomes.” What are students doing six months, a year or five years after graduation? Are they employed, are they in graduate school, what type of companies or organizations do they work for? The three rates gives parents and students peace of mind that they’ve done their research. You can find these answers by contacting the school’s admission office or even with just a quick web search. If it’s good enough advice for a dean of admission’s own kid, it’s probably good for yours. Villanueva also suggests using a spreadsheet to compare what your student wants to get out of college against what he or she finds when visiting the school. Advice College Admissions Officers Give Their Own Kids | The New York Times Photo by JoeInSouthernCA. Original Story here (Washington Post)
Washington State Legislators may approve a bill for individuals who are 15 credits short of an Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree to finish their degree. Cross fingers! This could help numerous individuals complete their degrees to become more gainfully employed or seek long vacant job postings that require a degree. There is a new movement that has started over the last few years where educators around the world have started creating online curriculum that students of any age can access for free. (NOTE: Classes and programs listed don't necessarily translate to high school credit at University HS.) Here are some websites to explore to supplement your education or get an early start on future classes you may have to take in your next steps after high school: There is also one person's extensive report on how she "hacked her education." (Large file)
EduPunks Guide to a DIY Credential It's not too late!
The College Bound Scholarship deadline was listed as February 1st to try to ensure that you met your future college's financial aid deadline. Some of those extend to February 15th. SO... If you are a College Bound Scholarship student (signed up before the end of 8th grade) then you NEED to fill out the FAFSA as soon as you possibly can (if you haven't already). If you need help please contact me Scott Kerwien Career and College Counselor (509) 228-5256 [email protected] Original story postAmerica's top SAT tutor explains why no one should take the SAT in 2016
Business Insider/Caroline Moss Over the summer, we profiled Anthony Green, the SAT and ACT tutor to the 1%. Green tutors the offspring of some of the country's wealthiest folk, and all of his sessions are conducted over Skype for a whopping $1,000 an hour. In 2016, the SAT returns to a 1600-point test, combining the current 800-point Reading and Writing sections back into the single 800-point “verbal” section that characterized the old exam. In a recent interview, Green told Business Insider no one should take the new SAT in 2016, which he's also argued on his site. "I'm recommending that none of my students take the first three rounds of the new SAT (March, May, and June of 2016)," Green said. "Why let students be guinea pigs for the College Board's marketing machine?" We asked him to explain. Here's what he wrote in an email: The College Board is hyping the new version of the test as "the people's exam" - they're trying to claim that it's a more democratic, more user-friendly version of the test that'll more accurately reflect the demands of the American high school curriculum. There's just one problem: this is exactly what they said about the last version that they launched, which has turned out to be a total catastrophe. More students now take the ACT than the SAT, and with good reason: the ACT is and has been a reliable, predictable exam that is far more focused on actual academic merit than it is on random logical reasons tricks and esoteric vocabulary words. Now that people don't know what the new SAT grading system means (the switch to 2400 from 1600 has thrown everyone off), and because the SAT essay is largely seen as a total joke, the new exam has been regarded with suspicion, and more and more people are opting for the ACT instead. The College Board is losing their market share, and they're making a last-ditch effort to revamp the test for the second time in ten years. The "new SAT" is basically a poorly disguised marketing gimmick that's trying to: A) Make the SAT much more like the ACT. If you look at the changes being made, you'll find that all of them are an attempt to make the test's format and material more similar to the ACT. B) Get rid of the essay (it's now optional) and bring the grading scale back to the old, familiar 1600 that everyone knows and loves (or hates). In essence, they're admitting that the current version of the test was a mistake. C) Attempt to make people forget that this test is an inherently unfair mechanism designed to gauge student income levels. C is particularly frustrating. The rhetoric coming from the College Board is constantly focused on how "fair" this new test will be. Now, they claim, the test will finally be in line with student interests. But let us not forget that this test is based on SCALE. If everyone got a 1600, there would be no point to this test at all. This test is designed to show colleges who is better and who is worse - not who is good. It is a comparison mechanism. There are winners and losers in this game - which is the entire point of the test to begin with. The "democratic" rhetoric coming from the test makers borders on ludicrous. They're putting out a test intentionally designed to segregate students from each other based on arbitrary ability level, and now they have the nerve to pretend that they somehow have students' best interests in mind. Why wait to take the new test (if you want to take it at all, instead of just switching to the ACT)? 1. The College Board has been relatively close to the vest about the specifics of the new exam. While I'm sure they'll release more details as the test date approaches, students should never take a test without knowing precisely what to expect. After the first three rounds of testing, we'll all have a much better idea of what awaits students, the variance of question difficulty levels, distribution of certain types of material, vocabulary spectrum, etc. Every test is beatable. There are always strategies and tactics that allow students to gain an edge. By understanding the correct material to study, and the correct approaches to use on each problem type, and student with enough time and diligence can get a high score. No student should walk into the new version of the test blind. First, students should gain a thorough understanding of what they need to learn beforehand to master the test. 2. Once the first three rounds of the test have been released, a number of high quality practice materials will be released by the big publishers (Barron's, McGraw Hill, etc.) in addition to the College Board. The more materials students have on hand to study and prepare for the exam, the more effectively they'll be able to study. 3. Who knows what sort of mishaps and grading nightmares might occur as the new test is rolled out? Let the College Board work out its kinks, and don't voluntarily be part of this new experiment. No one needs to take the March, May, or June versions of any exam. If you're a junior, take the ACT instead. If you're younger, just wait. In either case, avoid the first few rounds of this test like the plague. You'll avoid any mishaps, and you'll allow the proper materials and strategies to be developed. |
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