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PROOF POINTS: COVID has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students

The Hechinger Report

According to a preliminary October 2020 report from National Student Clearinghouse Research Center that tallied fall enrollment figures from just over half of the nation’s colleges and universities, the number of undergraduate students has fallen 4 percent since the fall of 2019.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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OPINION: The pandemic exposes just how much support college students need

The Hechinger Report

Even before the pandemic, widening access to student services, increasing enrollment and retention and developing a higher-quality online or hybrid learning experience were a pretty familiar slate of issues. Likewise, student mental health and wellness had become a significant concern on college campuses long before the pandemic.

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Will the coronavirus transform or destroy higher education as we know it?

The Hechinger Report

Harvard researcher Anthony Jacks revealed in his groundbreaking 2019 book how poor students cleaned showers and toilets and went hungry after cafeterias closed while their wealthier Ivy League classmates fled campus for ski resorts and spring break beaches. higher education system is fair had evaporated. Education as the great equalizer ?

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Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

This is part six of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Some of the most oft-told tales in education in recent years have the following plot: the students all move from “brick-and-mortar” to “online.” Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school.

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