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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

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A February 2018 report found that, nationwide, those who earn a bachelor’s degree are likely to earn the same paychecks as their peers who had more educated parents. Nearly 36 percent of undergraduates who began college in 2003-04 were students whose parents had never attended college at all. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

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For an absurd example, if dropouts tended to take classes on Thursdays in their first semester at college, but students who completed their degrees didn’t, then you might worry about current students who are currently taking classes on Thursdays. The dropout problem got a lot worse in the 1990s when more people started attending college.

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OPINION: The crisis in black student debt was dire before coronavirus — now it’s more urgent than ever

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Half of black borrowers who entered college in the 2003-04 academic year defaulted on their loans within 12 years. A black bachelor’s degree recipient is more likely to default than a white college dropout. On average, states spent $1,220, or 13 percent, less per student in 2018 than in 2008, after adjusting for inflation.

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OPINION: Mental health services are crucially important for student success but often overlooked

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In 2018, the Stevens Board of Trustees approved a plan to foster positive student mental health and combat suicide. Alison formed the organization in 2003 as a 21-year-old, following the suicide of her brother and only sibling, Brian. If a school prioritizes student mental health, it should be easy to see.

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How To Make A Civics Education Stick

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“What’s the dropout rate in some places? At one Florida middle school, students learned about laws by writing bills — and in 2003, one of those bills made it to the Florida legislature. ” Copyright 2018 NPR. He warns against waiting until high school. Forty percent? Some never get to that high school class.”

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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

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Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. “When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”. Why are women locked out?

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

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It’s the first week of school at Milwaukee Collegiate Academy, a charter high school Fuller founded in 2003 that’s housed in a low-slung concrete warehouse just a five-minute drive from the North Division campus. Black schools for black children. Related: Early evidence of a ‘Trump effect’ on bullying in schools.

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