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What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

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As an assistant professor of economics at City College in New York, Shankar knew that one of the most important requirements of scientific research was often missing from studies of the effectiveness of online higher education: a control group. Related: How higher education lost its shine. This is action research on steroids!”

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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. Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

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OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

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When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. As the country undergoes a period of historic racial reckoning, with nearly every sector of society examining its role in racial injustice, higher education needs to do the same. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt.

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