The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The report’s findings came from an analysis of three different national surveys that followed almost 50,000 students from high school onward. Nearly 36 percent of undergraduates who began college in 2003-04 were students whose parents had never attended college at all. That figure reflects dropout rates, too.

Dropout 97

Dropout Report Analysis Survey 97

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. But we know from an analysis of federal data that nationally, one in five college students is parenting, more than a third of Black college students are parents, and nearly half of all Black female undergraduates are mothers.

Policies 137

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 137

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

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.

Data 109

Data Dropout Company Report 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

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. Related: OPINION: Can debt relief and investment in HBCUs level the playing field for black students?

Policies 138

Policies Dropout Outcomes Report 138

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

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.

Report 102

Report Policies Meeting Groups 102