College Tranfers, In Reverse » Contexts Discoveries
Research by Sara Goldrick-Rab and Fabian T. Pfeffer (Sociology of Education, April 2009) using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study indicates that approximately one third of traditional-aged college students transfer from one college to another within eight years of high school graduation. Only 6 percent transfer from community colleges to four-year colleges, while 15 percent will “reverse transfer” from four-year colleges to community colleges. According to the authors, reverse transfers are more likely among students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

I think that ‘upward’ and ‘reverse’ were a poor choice of category names. They imply that there is a necessary path to pursuing education at either of these institutions, and that one choice is progressive versus regressive. CCs offer many programs (certifications, etc) that 4-year schools don’t, and many (at least they do in Michigan) actually offer you the ability to get a bachelors degree there. Would it be upward to move from a four year college to a university?

Its pretty amazing how much pain you can be in (2 days later) just from biting the inside of your lip. I am seriously empathizing with that expression under the 8.

Gender imbalance in anthropology
First, on the down side, the basic demographic structure of our field has preserved a kind of masculine bias for decades — indeed, since the start of the data. In other words, men have always been increasingly well-represented the higher up you go in anthropological education. This shows again, and more clearly than above, that women have always been, one way or another, disproportionately weeded out of the ranks of new anthropologists.

both of the anthropology departments that i have personally been a part of have been overwhelmingly female.

Anthropology within the American social sciences
One notices a curious correlation, probably spurious I suppose, between the economics degrees issued and the political party holding the presidency: throughout the Reagan/Bush 1 era, economics is ascending; then it drops substantially under Clinton; then it rises again around when Bush 2 comes into office.

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Intriguing reporting, Plain Dealer.

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