Statistically, this socioeconomic class is more likely to attend community colleges?
Lower-income students
100
According to Stan Jones, you’ll, on average, earn an extra $______________ over the course of your lifetime if you have a Bachelor’s degree (on average – this does not apply to selective colleges).
A.) $1.5 Million B.) $1 Million C.) $900,000 D.) $850,000
B.) $1 Million
100
The US is ranked what when it comes to students attending college?
A.) 3rd B.) 5th C.)7th D.) 10th
D.) 10th
100
What did the parents in the LEDA video tell their kids about college?
[Answer can vary! They said many things, few of them encouraging!]
100
The graduate rate at selective colleges is
a.) 55% B.) 67% C.) 82% D.) 91%
C.) 82%
200
According to the LEDA video, family income is a good predictor of this important college requirement?
SAT scores
200
True or false: an associate’s degree typically creates an earning gap when compared to a high school GED.
True
200
True or false: low-income students often don’t apply to more prestigious universities.
True
200
According to the LEDA video, what do our nations most prestigious leaders and businessmen have in common, aside from the duration and amount of education?
The prestigiousness of their universities.
200
True or false: Tilghman believes that wealth, not resources, are the deciding factor when it comes to the quality of a student’s higher education.
False.
300
What is the unemployment rate for those without college degrees? a.) 50% b.) 40% C.) 36% D.) 24%
D.) 24%
300
According to Jones, students attending a four-year college have this percent chance of graduating with a degree.
A.) 75% B.) 60% C.) 50% D.) 40%
50%
300
What percent of recent college grads live at home?
A.) 25% B.) 34% C.) 49% D.) 59%
300
According to Shirley Tilghman, what aspect of US education is comparable to an “aristocracy”?
Gap between social classes dictating the amount and type of education students receive.
300
What’s the highest level of education Kebede’s parents achieved?
High school
400
What percent of students come from the lowest quarter of the US' socioeconomic population?
a.) 20% b.) 15% c.) 10% d.) Less than 5%
d.) Less than 5%
400
Today’s current traditional college structure, according to Jones, has been around for how many years?
100 years
400
What is the recent unemployment rate for college grads?
A.) 6.8% B.) 10% C.) 20% D.) 30%
A.) 6.8%
400
Students who graduate from selective colleges such as Princeton are projected to earn an additional ($ amount) over the course of their lifetime, as opposed to non-selective schools (hint: it's twice the amount of non-selective schools!)
$2 million dollars
400
What did John Connolly NOT have?
A.) Books B.) $1,500 C.) A degree from Rutgers University D.) Thousands of dollars in debt
B.) $1,500 - He only had a little over $700!
500
What percent of students at the nation’s top universities come from the lower class?
14%
500
True or false: according to Jones, most of the growth in today’s college level education has been at what level?
Community college level
500
Magdaline Castro took out $60,000 dollars in loans for her grad school education at Columbia University. How much did she estimate that she’ll have to pay back?
A.) 65,000 B.) 80,000 C. 90,000 D.) 100,000
B.) $80,000
500
What did Tilghman say will happen if college education does not become more available to students?
"It will be the beginning of the end."
500
What is the average student loan for college graduates in the US?
A.) $10,000-20,000 B.) $20,000-30,000 C.) $30,000-40,000 D.) $50,000+