U.S. Will Be More Diverse and Older by Mid-Century
Minorities, now roughly one-third of the U.S. population, are expected to become the majority in 2042, a transformation that is happening faster than anticipated just a few years ago. According to projections released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hispanic population is expected to nearly triple during the 2008-2050 period. The working-age population is projected to become more than 50 percent minority in 2039 and be 55 percent minority in 2050, up from 34 percent in 2008. In 2030, when all of the baby boomers will be 65 and older, nearly one in five U.S. residents is expected to be 65 and older.
See the U.S. Census bureau press release at http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/012496.html
See the projections at http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/2008projections.html
Online Education Is Rapidly Gaining Acceptance
National surveys show that a majority of Americans think online universities offer a lower quality of education than do traditional institutions. John Zogby’s new book, The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream, shows that attitudes about online education are changing fast. In a December 2007 national poll, 45 percent of the 1,004 adults surveyed believed an online class carries the same value as a traditional-classroom class, and 43 percent of 1,545 chief executives and small-business owners agreed that a degree earned by distance learning is as credible as one from a traditional campus-based program. His polling also points to other challenges that colleges will face as they serve a generation of 18-to-29-year-olds that Mr. Zogby calls "First Globals."
See the article at http://chronicle.com/free/2008/08/4206n.htm.
Study Finds Europe's Bologna Process Could Become Global Model of Higher Education
Since 1999, 46 European countries have been working on changing the way they conduct higher education, focusing first on defining each degree in terms of learning outcomes. Written by Clifford Adelman of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, ”Learning Accountability from Bologna: a Higher Education Policy Primer,” examines the reconstruction of those 46 European higher education systems — known as the Bologna Process — in terms of addressing challenges that lie at the core of current debates in the United States about documenting student learning. U.S. colleges and universities have much to learn from their efforts in order to ensure a more secure position for our students in a global economy.
Download the report at http://www.ihep.org/publications/publications-detail.cfm?id=112
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