欢迎来到VOA在线收网 www.voa365.com
当前位置:VOA NEWS > VOA慢速英语 > 教育报道 >

Students at For-Profit Colleges Are Worse Off

2016-06-22 07:33来源:未知

音频下载

A graduating student wears a cap reading "hire me," as the City College of New York (CCNY) class of 2016 assemble for graduation, Friday June 3, 2016, in New York. First lady Michelle Obama delivered the keynote speech. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A new study says students who attended for-profit private colleges in the United States to learn a trade saw their earnings drop.

 

The report by the National Bureau of Economic Research said, on average, people who attended for-profit colleges made $920 less per year after they left school compared to before they started.

 

People who attended public two-year colleges earned about $1,500 more per year than they did before starting their studies, the report said.

 

And, the report noted that about nine out of 10 students borrowed money to attend for-profit colleges. The average debt for people attending two-year for-profit colleges was $8,000, according to the report.

 

The report looked at schools preparing students for a number of trades, including health-care assistant, dental assistant, auto mechanic and cosmetologist.

 

A cosmetologist works in a hair salon, cutting hair and creating styles for customers.

 

Among the vocational trades examined by the research, only cosmetology programs appear to bring better pay in the for-profit sector, the report said.

 

But overall, researchers found that many students who attended for-profit schools were worse off financially than they were before going to these colleges. They found lower pay benefits and higher debt for people attending private, for-profit schools, compared to public colleges in all 50 U.S. states.

 

Their report comes as President Barack Obama’s administration is trying to change some for-profit colleges’ business practices.

 

The association representing for-profit colleges said the study was faulty. In other words, it said the study was not designed or conducted well.

 

High cost of tuition

 

The report reached another conclusion: Students at for-profit colleges paid more for their classes than students at public colleges did.

 

Annual tuition at two-year profit-making schools averaged $8,118, compared to $712 at public community colleges, the report said.

 

One reason for the difference in cost is that for-profit schools are run by private businesses. In comparison, community colleges are run by local and state governments, which keep tuition down by providing direct funding.

 

Do your research

 

The study’s authors provide some qualifications for their study.

 

They point out that the students they studied left school during the big U.S. economic downturn in 2008, when unemployment in the United States was rising.

 

And when they adjust the data to count only people who completed their for-profit college certificate programs, earnings increased. However, about 40 percent of for-profit students leave school before completing their certification programs, according to the report.

 

Even given these qualifications, the report’s authors said their study shows how important it is for parents and students to do research before choosing a college.

 

That research should include: Comparing the cost of different colleges and schools; the kinds of jobs and pay students can expect after attending the schools; how much debt a student is likely to accrue to pay tuition and other costs.

 

Challenges to the report

 

Steve Gunderson is president and chief executive officer of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities. The association represents for-profit colleges.

 

Gunderson said the study was faulty because it looked at earnings only five years after students left school. The report would show better results if it looked for wage gains over a longer time period, he said.

 

He said for-profit colleges provide education chances for people who generally don’t get to go to college.

 

Gunderson called “career education” the most direct way to get people into the middle class.


Words in This Story

 

 

trade – n. a job that requires special training and skills and that is done by using your hands

 

assistantn. a person whose job is to help another person to do work

 

mechanicn. a person who repairs machines (such as car engines) and keeps them running properly

 

worse off – adj. in a worse position

 

fundingn. an amount of money that is used for a special purpose

 

qualification – n. something that is added to a statement to limit or change its effect or meaning

 

data n. facts or information used usually to calculate, analyze, or plan something

 

accrue – v. accumulate

 

certificaten. official approval to do something professionally or legally

 

(责任编辑:v365)
最新新闻
  1. 网传日月光Q4产能利用率降至70%
  2. 新型存储器已经开始增长,到20
  3. 市场人士透露:联发科在汽车芯片
  4. 【VOA在线闲聊】三星收购Arm会步英
  5. Nikola召回迄今为止生产的93辆Nik
  6. 蚂蚁数科两项区块链专利完成一对
  7. 蔚来申请注册“NIO CERTIFIED 蔚来官
  8. 获小米超千万投资 改装车公司工
  9. 法拉第未来首款电动汽车FF 91再次
  10. 消息称LG显示计划明年生产920万块
  11. 宝马面向欧洲市场推出最小的跨界
  12. 美国副总统哈里斯承诺就电动汽车
  13. 知情人士透露称马斯克和推特CE
  14. 因苹果缩减订单 台积电或修改明
  15. LG推出一项新技术,以开放局域网
  16. 小米13正式上线:骁龙8Gen2发布1
  17. 米家3 KG迷你洗衣机售价699元
  18. 苹果公司官方非常兴奋:印度将生
  19. 中国广电在全国31个省区开通广电
  20. 华为 Mate 50 Pro国外上市:售价远高
  21. 特斯拉柏林超级工厂回收工厂发生
  22. 华为 Mate 50原价4999
  23. iPhone 14销售比上一代下降了11%
  24. 2021至2025中国台湾将投350亿元新台
  25. 华为Mate50Pro预定5 G芯片,苹果公司
  26. 锐龙7000核显性能实测 单核及多核
  27. 索尼PS5最新更新:6 nm制程功率与
  28. 华为会议马上就要开始了!一种全
  29. 小米再次成为了冠军!该系列产品
  30. 还能吸收病毒?!戴森首个产品也
  31. 小米又推出了一款新产品,售价
  32. Imagination携手百度飞桨创建Model
  33. 奔驰要不要再加价?2024将发布
  34. TikTok在英国或被罚款2900万美元 被
  35. iPhone15PM改用 ULTRA:笔记本和 iPa
  36. 因库存不断提升存储芯片持续降价
  37. 预计小米Civi2将推出五款新产品
  38. 可靠商务桌面电脑推荐:联想M4
  39. 受飓风影响:NASA撤回阿尔忒弥斯
  40. 《三体》影迷们疯狂了!
  41. 4090设计实在是太离谱了!
  42. Meta试图Facebook和Instagram账户添加到
  43. 苹果公司在技术上遭受重大挫折,
  44. 我国成功发射遥感三十六号卫星,
  45. 骁龙8Gen2+120 W快速充电!小米13系
  46. 屏幕下手机价格大跌,灵动岛安卓
  47. 亚马逊宣布下月举办新会员促销活
  48. 酷睿i9-13900K预告片,5.8 GHz稳定!
  49. 美国流媒体巨头Netflix宣布在芬兰
  50. 外科手术机器人 商业化将加快世