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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U. He says the university’s quality of education has declined, leaving the campus with “a crisis on our hands.” offered an affordable, quality education. From 2005 to 2020, Vedder said, O.U.

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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

The Hechinger Report

Dobrin has embraced the school’s new proficiency-based education model and now offers his students many choices inside his classes. Some students fill out a handout or watch a video online. Only 11 percent of the students who entered UMPI in 2005 graduated in four years, and only 30 percent graduated in six. Higher Education.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

Buffalo educators hoped Eve’s new program would give more children — particularly children of color — a chance at enrichment and advanced learning. Buffalo’s struggle to create an integrated, equitable gifted program demonstrates a longtime challenge that has recently gained attention: Gifted education in America has a race problem.

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