James Donohue
Professor Hochfelder
AHIS 201
2/29/20
Title: That digital textbook? Your college has billed you for it
Date:2/28/20
URL:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/your-money/college-digital-textbooks.html?searchResultPosition=1
Brief Description: Some college programs have begun switching to digital access textbooks for college students. This process is called Inclusive Access. Some student advocates are opposed to this plan because the students have to buy the program and the college also bills them for the service of providing the program. Publishers claim that these digital textbooks are cheaper than the physical alternative. Students disagree with this on the grounds that they don't have a price for the physical textbooks to compare to the digital textbooks and the publishers are sometimes allowed to raise the prices of their textbooks if enough students don't sign up. This can often occur because of the fact that many students nowadays don't buy their textbooks because they either believe that they will need their textbooks to pass their courses. Online textbook libraries that offer free textbooks are also becoming a growing option for college students.
Keywords: College, Affordability
Future Implications: Textbooks are an important cost to the college experience. Any plan to make those costs cheaper would be great for all college students. But, it's still unknown if Inclusive Access is actually going to make this any cheaper for college students. Considering that students get double-billed for this program I don't think it will but that remains to be seen.
Impact(0-5):3
Plausibility(0-5):2
Novelty(0-5):5
Timeliness(0-5):5
Title: Kirwan Recommendations could change "college for all" thinking
Date:2/3/20
URL:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/kirwan-recommendations-could-change-college-for-all-thinking/2020/02/03/2737f6ba-46a4-11ea-bc78-8a18f7afcee7_story.html
Brief Description: Maryland's General Assembly, the lower house of its state legislature is considering a proposal from the Kirwan Commission to change its education system. It proposes the creation of a track for students who want to take AP and IB classes and another track for students looking to pursue a career in technology and other fields.
Keywords: community, college
Future Implications: The creation of the second path is a great idea because now students will be able to graduate and be qualified to work as nursing assistants, plumbers, and IT engineers. These jobs are well paying and in demand. This means that many students can put themselves through college on these jobs or even go straight into the workforce if they so desire. Part of the college affordability argument is the fact that not everyone needs or wants to go to college so we need to provide them a suitable outcome so that they can live a good life without a college degree.
Impact(0-5):5
Plausibility(0-5):5
Novelty(0-5):5
Timeliness(0-5):5
Title:College isn't the only path to a good job
Date:2/28/20
URL:https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2020/02/28/college-isnt-the-only-path-to-a-good-job/#6157118420dc
Brief Description: The article emphasizes the point that going to college is not absolutely necessary to be on the path to success. The top 1/3 of earners with only a high school degree make more than the bottom 1/3 of earners with a college degree. Policymakers often focusing their educational resources and legislation on higher education. Being that going into the workforce directly after college has proven to bring success for students maybe legislators should focus some efforts on training programs for high school graduates.
Keywords: college, affordability
Future Implications: Perhaps legislators will begin to work on funding more training programs for students who are going to opt to not attend college. Just 6% of high school-only graduates partake in training programs. If those numbers are pumped up by better funding for training programs then more and more students may opt to skip college and go straight to the workforce which could certainly reduce the college affordability crisis.
Impact(0-5):5
Plausibility(0-5):5
Novelty(0-5):5
Timeliness(0-5):5
Professor Hochfelder
AHIS 201
2/29/20
Title: That digital textbook? Your college has billed you for it
Date:2/28/20
URL:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/your-money/college-digital-textbooks.html?searchResultPosition=1
Brief Description: Some college programs have begun switching to digital access textbooks for college students. This process is called Inclusive Access. Some student advocates are opposed to this plan because the students have to buy the program and the college also bills them for the service of providing the program. Publishers claim that these digital textbooks are cheaper than the physical alternative. Students disagree with this on the grounds that they don't have a price for the physical textbooks to compare to the digital textbooks and the publishers are sometimes allowed to raise the prices of their textbooks if enough students don't sign up. This can often occur because of the fact that many students nowadays don't buy their textbooks because they either believe that they will need their textbooks to pass their courses. Online textbook libraries that offer free textbooks are also becoming a growing option for college students.
Keywords: College, Affordability
Future Implications: Textbooks are an important cost to the college experience. Any plan to make those costs cheaper would be great for all college students. But, it's still unknown if Inclusive Access is actually going to make this any cheaper for college students. Considering that students get double-billed for this program I don't think it will but that remains to be seen.
Impact(0-5):3
Plausibility(0-5):2
Novelty(0-5):5
Timeliness(0-5):5
Title: Kirwan Recommendations could change "college for all" thinking
Date:2/3/20
URL:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/kirwan-recommendations-could-change-college-for-all-thinking/2020/02/03/2737f6ba-46a4-11ea-bc78-8a18f7afcee7_story.html
Brief Description: Maryland's General Assembly, the lower house of its state legislature is considering a proposal from the Kirwan Commission to change its education system. It proposes the creation of a track for students who want to take AP and IB classes and another track for students looking to pursue a career in technology and other fields.
Keywords: community, college
Future Implications: The creation of the second path is a great idea because now students will be able to graduate and be qualified to work as nursing assistants, plumbers, and IT engineers. These jobs are well paying and in demand. This means that many students can put themselves through college on these jobs or even go straight into the workforce if they so desire. Part of the college affordability argument is the fact that not everyone needs or wants to go to college so we need to provide them a suitable outcome so that they can live a good life without a college degree.
Impact(0-5):5
Plausibility(0-5):5
Novelty(0-5):5
Timeliness(0-5):5
Title:College isn't the only path to a good job
Date:2/28/20
URL:https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2020/02/28/college-isnt-the-only-path-to-a-good-job/#6157118420dc
Brief Description: The article emphasizes the point that going to college is not absolutely necessary to be on the path to success. The top 1/3 of earners with only a high school degree make more than the bottom 1/3 of earners with a college degree. Policymakers often focusing their educational resources and legislation on higher education. Being that going into the workforce directly after college has proven to bring success for students maybe legislators should focus some efforts on training programs for high school graduates.
Keywords: college, affordability
Future Implications: Perhaps legislators will begin to work on funding more training programs for students who are going to opt to not attend college. Just 6% of high school-only graduates partake in training programs. If those numbers are pumped up by better funding for training programs then more and more students may opt to skip college and go straight to the workforce which could certainly reduce the college affordability crisis.
Impact(0-5):5
Plausibility(0-5):5
Novelty(0-5):5
Timeliness(0-5):5
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