The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

He instead picked close-by Bradley University and worked during the summer to pay the costs his financial aid didn’t cover. It was very, very stressful,” said Agyei, who also borrowed $25,000 in student loans. “I Lower-income students generally still pay less than higher-income ones. Do they put it on their credit card?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2020

Because CARES Act money can be given only to students eligible for financial aid, Deborah Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education, is worried about the many low-income or first-generation students who don’t know how to properly apply for aid. Credit: Delece Smith-Barrow/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

In Ohio, Black students like Marquan are suspended for incidents like this far more frequently than their white peers. Nearly half of those dismissals have been for Black students, even though they make up only 17 percent of the public school population. “That was the most unfair thing.” Bias also plays a role.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Henry McMaster said the state decided not to participate in Summer EBT because officials are trying to move past pandemic aid. The summer meals programs really only reach a portion of students who are eligible,” said Kelsey Boone, a senior child nutrition policy analyst at the Food Research and Action Center.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2020

They play out in education systems with deeply embedded patterns of inequality, determined by where students live, by family income, by race and by ethnicity, among other factors. Historically disadvantaged students, though, will have unequal access to the internet and to the hardware needed to fully participate in online courses.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2022

Purdue University’s online arm offers a certificate for people who want to become legal secretaries or assistants; new education department data shows that three years after completion, their median salary is $18,495. A certain high ratio of student loan debt to earnings would also trigger such a cutoff.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

That’s the case being made by a new “ tuition payer bill of rights ” backed by a coalition of nonprofits and think tanks from across the political spectrum. It makes six demands aimed at empowering students to decide how much to pay for college and making sure they get their money’s worth.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

As outrage continues over the admissions scandal , legitimate college counseling providers are wrestling with how to address concerns bubbling among students who have been advised all along to play by the rules. The nonprofit works with about 10,000 per year students nationally. Jaclyn Piñero, uAspire Boston, Mass.-based

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2022

State and county officials used to think bachelor’s and graduate degree students deserved more money than those pursuing two-year associate degrees, but during the pandemic they changed their minds. That’s a reversal from 2019 when two-year students received 5 percent less than four-year students. The difference is tuition.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

So that’s the good news. The bad news is if our projections of the 3.5 Usually it is the student who didn’t understand, who needs a teacher to explain it a different way. As the federal government continues to cut and change visas numbers and qualifications, this may not be a reliable option. About the Author.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

But her state’s constitution contains an amendment that bars taxpayer aid to religious institutions. When states choose to operate a program that involves public (or publicly governed) financing of private service providers, can the state choose to exclude religious providers? Now, it’s all up to the U.S. Constitution.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Hall’s status meant that when she was earning her degrees, she didn’t qualify for financial assistance designed for Native students. That’s because the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

But outside the spotlight, away from the media and the public’s attention, millions of students are asking themselves one pressing question: Will I have enough money to buy groceries and pay rent in September? Department of Education can immediately increase support for struggling students across the country.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2023

Three years and $150,000 in federal and private student loans later, he graduated, and turned his attention to passing the bar. About 30,000 of these individuals are expected to get $130 million worth of the federal aid each year, a cost that researchers have found is far less than detaining reoffenders. He loved it, and he did well.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

Lack of sufficient financial aid has forced Jocelyn Ramirez to work more than 40 hours a week and cut down on coursework so she can afford to stay in college. In ten states, more than half of eligible students didn’t receive a grant, including Oregon, Kansas, Delaware and Illinois. “In

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Mendoza is a member of the student-led Oakland Youth Vote campaign, which advocates for giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote for school board representatives. Are students of color getting represented appropriately and are decisions being made to support them and their learning?”. OAKLAND, Calif. said Mendoza.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

Students who graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder actually will make about $8,000 more a year than students who graduated from less elite four-year universities in the state. Not too shabby, but we’ve all heard tales of college graduates mired in student debt, living at home and unable to rise beyond a barista.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

These programs tend to appeal to students who are in their late 20s or early 30s, on average. They’re the highest risk students, she said, and “we’re asking them to do it twice. They are serving different students in different ways, she said. Related: Why so few students transferring from community college to university.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The crying came when the 17-year-old was trying to make sense, on her own, of the complex form required to apply for the financial aid she needed as the first in her low-income family to go to college. Coral Gables Senior High School near Miami, which has nine college counselors for 3,000 students. “I Her parents couldn’t help much.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

The college wanted to offer students a hands-on learning experience in a lucrative tech field blooming in the Bay Area. When Make School suddenly closed in 2021, Dominican leaders were in uncharted territory, left to figure out how to help 167 students continue their education, a spokesperson said.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

–As our higher education system is turned upside down, there’s reason to worry that more students will take out private loans and struggle to pay them back. Private student loan debt is rising at a faster rate than federal student loan debt, according to an April report from the Student Borrower Protection Center.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

For years, students, faculty members, teachers and activists have been urging the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, to pay PILOTS, or payments in lieu of taxes, in support of the city’s schools, as many other universities do. A student slides on the ice after school at Nebinger Elementary School in South Philadelphia.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

But private colleges offered the aspiring engineer little financial aid, so he went to a public university and now works as an engineer in Boston. This story was based on data from Tuition Tracker, a tool produced by The Hechinger Report and Education Writers Association for students and their families. college or university.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

UW-Milwaukee students head to the university’s on-campus dorm. Looking for answers, she stopped by the school’s financial aid office one October afternoon and succinctly summed up her situation to an adviser: “I’m lost.”. Wrenching conversations like this are part of the weekly routine at UW-Milwaukee’s financial aid office.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

NEW YORK — By the time actress Lori Loughlin pleaded guilty last week to bribing her daughters’ way into the University of Southern California, any notion that the U.S. Related: Many flagship public campuses leave black and Latino students behind. higher education system is fair had evaporated. Education as the great equalizer ?

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Evelyn Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

When a new idea or technology becomes available and shows promising usage, powerful governments run to grasp the technology and take advantage of being early adopters. Students are already comfortable with technology, and they are more curious to make friends with anything more advanced that might come up. And why not?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2017

They have a plan up their sleeves to make sure all of their financial aid goes to the students who need it the most. That’s because of a self-destructive cycle in which they vie for students by offering bigger and bigger discounts they can’t afford — including to families that may not need them.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2021

The promise of education as an equalizer will always be a false one, unless we actively seek to change the wealth divides in this country and cancel student debt. Related: Interactive — Explore who gains most from canceling student debt. Education doesn’t predict for wealth; wealth predicts for education.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2021

Researchers say a new classification system is needed to help students choose colleges that will serve them well. Those years also saw a surge in the number of students attending for-profit colleges, but those students were more likely to drop out, end up with low-wage jobs and find themselves unable to repay their student loans.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

In fact, a slight sense of skepticism and reflection hovered in the air, with keynoters and student panelists alike calling upon attendees to separate substance from fluff. However, an Amazon spokesperson tells EdSurge, "Amazon remains committed to K-12 education and innovating on behalf of students and teachers.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2019

“Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid.” Here’s the gist: Some pretty well-off parents in the Chicago suburbs, in some cases making six-figure incomes, had figured out a loophole in the financial aid system. That change in status can make a big difference in how much college costs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Pilar Vega Martinez, a nursing student at the University of Chile, benefited from free tuition in Chile — until she got sick and missed classes. And thanks to an important change in government policy, life got easier after that: She didn’t have to pay. Now the perk will run out for her before she finishes her education.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos has issued a rush of announcements that remove or undermine previous rules designed to protect students from predatory corporate-run colleges and student debt-collection agencies—changes that are likely to impact low-income students disproportionately. Windham and Performant Financial Corp.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Having a nest egg of this size for college can certainly trim costs, but it likely won’t prevent students from having to rely on financial aid, scholarships and jobs to pay for school. And many students aren’t completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid , which takes them out of the pool for federal aid and grants.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2020

They have had to find words to console graduating students grieving the loss of their final months on campus. They have had to deliver painful news about commencement, new hires and construction projects. Put People First With the need to convey detailed plans quickly, it is easy for messages to sound like policy manuals.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

high school student complete a FAFSA before graduating, to move more students toward college. Here are two more: Hire more school counselors, and simplify the forms for federal aid. It’s critical that the FAFSA be accessible, to help students pay for postsecondary education.

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