article thumbnail

PROOF POINTS: Long-term college benefits from high-quality universal pre-K for all

The Hechinger Report

In the latest study , published in January 2023, children who went to preschool were far more likely to go to college within a couple years of graduating high school. But in high school, an advantage for the preschoolers re-emerged. They were taking harder classes and more of them were graduating high school on time. college and university.

article thumbnail

Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.” For example, McGee shares excellent data about the high school graduating population dropping recently, then flatlining for the next decade (23-24).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.” For example, McGee shares excellent data about the high school graduating population dropping recently, then flatlining for the next decade (23-24).

article thumbnail

A historic moment for HBCUs?

The Hechinger Report

Even so, its enrollment had dwindled from a high of 2,250 students in 2003 to about 1,000 by 2020. A 2019 report from the American Council on Education and the United Negro College Fund found that between 2003 and 2015, when federal funding decreased for all colleges and universities, public and private HBCUs faced the sharpest drops.

Report 96