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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

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Wages climbed for college grads in the 1970s and 80s, says Mishel, but since 2002 wage growth for people with a bachelors has been stagnant. But Lawrence Mishel, a labor market economist with the Economic Policy Institute, sees it much differently: “I think we’re way past that tipping point.”.

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At this one-of-a-kind Boston public high school, students learn calculus in Spanish

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And the dropout rate among the first Muniz cohort, the class of 2016, was just 2.5 We have to make space for them to access the content.”. One reason seems to be that it gives them access to grade-level content that otherwise might be unavailable for months or years as they learn English but end up falling behind in other subjects.

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Universities cut services for a big group of their students: those over 25

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The proportion of four-year universities with day care centers — most of which also accept university employees’ children — is down from 55 percent to 49 percent since 2002, and the proportion of community colleges, from 53 percent to 44 percent, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. 40% of U.S.

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The community college “segregation machine”

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Diana Solares was aiming for a bachelor’s degree when she graduated from high school in San Diego in 2002. Diana Solares aced precalculus in high school, but a placement exam forced her to take pre-algebra in college. Photo: Brandon Quester/inewsource.

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From foster care to college

The Hechinger Report

For example, a federal program introduced in 2002 helps states make available up to $5,000 a year to help current and former foster students pay for postsecondary education. Youth who remain in the child welfare system until age 21 have more time to access federal financial aid and assistance from social workers.

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