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Are our definitions of ‘college readiness’ too high?

Dangerously Irrelevant

How many high-school students are capable of meeting the College Board benchmark? Considering that these data don’t include dropouts, it seems safe to say that no more than one in three American high-school students is capable of hitting the College Board’s benchmark. via [link].

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

EdNews Daily

Our schools are, in a sense, factories in which the raw products (children) are to be shaped and fashioned into products to meet the various demands of life.” (4) University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4 2007 ([link]. 4) Click to tweet. billion annually. UC Santa Barbara. Stevens, T. Satwicz, L.

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory”

The Hechinger Report

By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. Students who withdraw are also much more likely to default on their loans; dropouts make up two-thirds of defaults nationwide.

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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

The Hechinger Report

A coach was meeting with a student virtually behind a glass door decorated with a decal of a stylized Rosie the Riveter. Thanks to one-on-one counseling like this, the dropout rate is a third lower than at conventional universities and colleges, according to figures provided by the school.

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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

The Hechinger Report

Meetings, not so much. So many meetings.”. They cited research showing that the proportion of job listings requiring a four-year degree increased by more than 10 percentage points from 2007 to 2010. . That timespan should look familiar: The Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009. Coding he liked.

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Can ‘work colleges’ in cities become a low-cost, high-value model for the future?

The Hechinger Report

Kuyper’s president, Patricia Harris, said the school, which already requires internships for all its degrees, wants to focus on how to meet the needs of working students. Sorrell took over as president of Paul Quinn in 2007 and is its longest serving president.

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Stop condemning high schools for college graduation rates

The Hechinger Report

The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 provides resources in the form of financial assistance and services to make college accessible for homeless youth. Related: In the America-first budget, schools come last.

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