We know that transferring among colleges, however popular it may be, is often a costly move for students, resulting in more time and money spent on the way to a degree. It also puts students at a higher risk of dropping out. And now, more bad news: New research shows that the career earnings of transfer students can suffer, too.

A working paper looks at students who had graduated from TeContinue Reading »

Imagine you are an 18 year old graduating from high school this May. You’ve made your college choice already based mostly on location, the school’s football team, family ties, and money. Wouldn’t you like to know whether that choice was a good one, whether kids just like you who had made the same decision in years prior turned out successful? That they’d been able to traContinue Reading »