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Data Points

Stories, not statistics.

Posts from Data Points

By Sandhya Kambhampati August 29, 2014
A new study looks more deeply into the data about foreign students to find out where they came from, what they studied, and whether they stayed.
By Sandhya Kambhampati August 14, 2014
At first glance, new Education Department numbers show that half of borrowers aren’t paying on time. But a closer look shows something more complicated.
By Jonah Newman July 30, 2014
The terms of the tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit over concussions are unlikely to break the association’s bank.
By Jonah Newman July 17, 2014
We often assume that data are inherently truthful, but a recent New York Times article on student debt shows how statistics can be open to different interpretations.
By Jonah Newman July 15, 2014
A few examples in the last week demonstrate the truth in a quote oft attributed to Mark Twain: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
By Jonah Newman July 10, 2014
In two years, the cost of books and other expenses dropped by about 4 percent at four-year colleges. Really?
By Jonah Newman June 25, 2014
Is rising student-loan debt an existential crisis in American higher education or the natural outcome of more Americans’ pursuing a college degree?
By Jonah Newman June 23, 2014
The proportion of bachelor’s-degree recipients in computer science in 2011-12 was lower than in 1985-86.
By Jonah Newman June 3, 2014
Four colleges that courted Marvin Clark spent an average of $310,000 on men’s basketball recruiting in 2012-13.
By Jonah Newman May 30, 2014
In the federal government’s annual “Condition of Education” report, most of the news isn’t good.