The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Like many first-generation low-income students (FGLI) , I began my education at my local community college, Indian River State College in Florida. I felt ostracized and alone until I joined a small group of FGLI students on campus, including some who had also transferred from a community college.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2023

As public confidence in the value of higher education wanes, state and national higher education leaders must do more to invest in programs that have demonstrated success at improving college completion rates and helping students find well-paying jobs. Related: Many community college students never earn a degree.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2023

Over and over, we read news stories and research studies demonstrating that Black learners face huge barriers in attending and completing college and gaining a strong economic foothold. Related: The college degree gap between Black and white Americans was always bad.

Mobility 107

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2023

Austin Community College is one of 50 community colleges in Texas that researchers analyzed to determine how much ought to be spent educating students. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Community colleges say they can’t help the neediest students get through college successfully without more funding.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2024

“So when you have a situation like these storms that continue to keep coming …” Now help is arriving from an unexpected source: The University of Vermont, or UVM, the state’s flagship higher education institution, has opened a new center to help rural communities like this one.

Mobility 94

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2023

“Collective trauma is embedded within the community,” Diaz says. Diaz is part of the first crop of high school students in a new pilot program offered by the state of California in partnership with the Child Mind Institute. That’s why he decided to spend his summer learning about careers in the mental health field.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2024

People who read college applications are a lot like detectives. But even with the extensive applications that each student submits, the detectives (college application readers) have to do a lot of reading between the lines, said Tim Brunold, dean of admission at the University of Southern California.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Dear Reader, Saying it’s been a wild year in higher education news seems like the understatement of the century. (I I think even non-education nerds would agree!)

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

Since the Supreme Court abolished affirmative action last June, selective colleges and universities have had to dismantle their most effective tools for pursuing racially and ethnically diverse student bodies. Related: Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action? Here are some ways we can help: 1.

Education 81

Education Advocacy Mobility Report 81

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2023

The USDA has been loaning tens of millions of dollars to rural colleges and universities, some of which couldn’t get financing from conventional lenders or whose budgets are so precarious that the Education Department has placed them under additional financial scrutiny. It was the Department of Agriculture. The USDA loaned Iowa Wesleyan $26.4

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 18, 2023

If the end goal is to get into a highly selective – or “ highly rejective ” (h/t/ Akil Bello) – college, then that feels more like an indictment on a society that keeps leveling up the accreditation stakes. Saying a child is “behind” assumes a race for which we have no real finish line besides death.

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Learning Data Social Media Course 179

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

There are about 2,800 four-year public and nonprofit private colleges and universities in the United States. Yet as we await the Supreme Court’s decision on the use of affirmative action in college admissions, the nation’s gaze is once again narrowed to the most elite and selective 100 institutions: the so-called top 5 percent.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Colleges don’t like to think of themselves as businesses, but a growing number these days are facing the harsh reality of falling enrollments and a struggle to make their financial numbers add up. That has forced several institutions to merge in recent months. One way forward for small colleges is to create a distinctive program model.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Whether they succeed depends on the campus and the year and the community college enrollment – but that’s the goal all nine undergraduate campuses strive toward, said Gary Clark, the associate vice chancellor for enrollment management at the University of California, Los Angeles. Students walk on the UCLA campus.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As higher education leaders in California and Louisiana, we see the impacts of the changing climate across the communities we serve. As these events demonstrate, our students, faculty, staff and institutions are at severe and sustained risk from the increasingly destabilized climate.

Education 114

Education System Report Training 114

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Dear Reader, If my newsletter landed in your inbox, you care about college students. So, I think I can safely conclude that we agree – college student mental health matters. We wrote about college students facing increased symptoms of burnout. If you’re a person in the world, you know that mental health challenges are real.

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Survey Report Trends Study 87

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

A few weeks ago, Ferris State University made a splashy announcement that it planned to enroll two chatbot “students” in its classes, calling it a novel way for colleges to test their curricula. In fact, the experiment at the Michigan public college could be said to mark a new generation in an area known as “ learning analytics.”

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Data Course Learning Analytics Robotics 178

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Withholding transcripts from students who owe their colleges money drives inequitable outcomes, U.S. This story also appeared in GBH News. “To emerge from the pandemic even stronger, institutional leaders must embrace long-term change. Swift changes have swept through colleges and universities.

Education 108

Education Policies Report Accessibility 108

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

DALLAS — Daisy Donjuan’s family never saw the value in college. As a first-generation student whose family didn’t see the value in a degree, Daisy Donjuan, 25, felt lost and alone when she enrolled at Dallas College.

Outcomes 83

Outcomes Report Meeting Study 83

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For many rural students, higher education means waking up before the sun four days a week, then driving an hour through cornfields or pine forests to reach the only college for 100 miles. For the more than 33 million people living in education deserts, college-going can be a drastically different experience.

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Education Industry Report Meeting 126

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

According to a new analysis of Federal Reserve data, higher education may not only reflect but also exacerbate racial inequities. Black college graduates in their thirties still have a significantly lower median net worth than their white counterparts who did not attend college.

Education 133

Education Outcomes Mobility Analysis 133

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2023

She spoke about how her first quarter in college brought significant mental health challenges related to sleep deprivation, isolation and course withdrawals. If this is so, how can colleges turn the tide to become more a part of the solution than we are a part of the problem? She seriously considered dropping out.

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Survey Report Robotics Course 92

eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2024

Esports tournaments can be held in any number of places, including online platforms, sponsor locations, community centers, or in schools. Some colleges have even begun offering full scholarships to talented players. Here are 6 tips to start an elementary program. Where are esports tournaments held?

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Elementary STEM Secondary Digital Learning 115

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

And Jean-Louis is starting out at a community college with plans to transfer to a four-year university, making it likely to take even longer. On paper, starting at a community college is a great idea. Community colleges typically have open admission and are comparatively cheap or even free.

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Report Course Outcomes Accessibility 120

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Ask a person on the first day of college what their college goals are, then 10 years later ask what those goals were – and you may not get the same answer.

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Survey Report Trends Data 103

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Chris Smith wasn’t planning to spend the summer at a community college. This story also appeared in NBC News. So he’s decided to spend the summer taking the math and science classes he needs — still online, but at a lower cost — by doing it through nearby Broward College, which serves mostly students pursuing associate degrees.

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Report Survey Course Case Study 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

President Joe Biden’s proposal to make community colleges tuition-free is officially dead on arrival, news that could not come at a more unfortunate time: Recent enrollment figures show many colleges nationwide are in dire straits, particularly at the community college level. Some are parents.

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Broadband Training Laptops Report 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

College attendance among Black students dropped a whopping 8 percent during the summer of 2020, compared with the summer of 2019, according to the first “ Stay Informed ” report published in September 2020 by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Now the proof is starting to come in.

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Report Data Trends Accessibility 135

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

college enrollments have declined by 3 million students over the past decade. While the decrease has been concentrated in community colleges, it’s coming soon to many four-year institutions. Unless they bring in more students, colleges will struggle financially, and some could shut their doors.

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Strategy Course Training Report 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

As tuition and related fees skyrocket, finding ways to keep a college degree within reach for anyone willing to work toward one is imperative. Offering every high school student access to college-level courses while in high school is one critical way to do so. Related: High schoolers can take dual-enrollment courses for college credit.

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Advocacy Policies Education Course 90

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This story also appeared in CBS News Beneath the inscription, a clock marks the time and dates when three swaddled newborns depicted in large photos entered the world: Ashley, now 19, Emily, 17, and Brianna, 11. About half the institutions responded and none provided the requested information. WILMINGTON, Del. –

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Report Laptops Meeting Study 115

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For many Americans, a college education is a luxury that feels worlds away. Even so, the reality of paying for college can be hard to fathom. The University of Central Arkansas is a far less selective institution, accepting 90 percent of all applicants. Even if there are multiple income-earners in their home.

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Study Report Meeting Education 121

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2023

Since the onset of the pandemic three years ago, college enrollment has fallen by more than 1 million students. Fewer high school graduates are now going straight to college , and there is growing skepticism across the country about the long-term value of a college education. With median earnings of $2.3 labor market.

Education 86

Education Mobility Resources Study 86

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2023

college enrollment fell for the third straight year , part of a significant and steady drop of nearly one million students since the start of the pandemic. At the same time, employers, including higher education institutions, have been grappling with intense staff shortages. Last fall, U.S. for years — and the labor market.

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Training Exercises Company Course 78

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2023

Gretchen Whitmer announced proudly in August that 100,000 people had applied for her state’s free college program, Michigan Reconnect. It’s part of a wave of 32 such “free college” programs nationwide , according to the Campaign for Free College Tuition — a third of them added in the last five years. Michigan Gov. Michigan Gov.

Accessibility 111

Accessibility Report Policies Company 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2023

The ban effectively funneled many Latino and Black students to less-selective schools across the state , including community colleges, for-profit institutions and the California State University campuses. Unbeknownst to me at the time, the intersectionality of race and education underscored my personal journey.

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Secondary Exercises Course Report 72

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The American Indian College Fund’s 2019-20 Student Ambassador cohort. For the last six years, the American Indian College Fund has selected a group of talented students and alumni for leadership training to speak about education issues impacting Native Americans. Credit: Caitlin Alysse/American Indian College Fund 2019.

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Survey Broadband Comparison Report 145