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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

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When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on remedial classes. Department of Education. The majority of these students dropped out without degrees.

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PROOF POINTS: COVID has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students

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At two-year community colleges, which educate about 40 percent of America’s college students, it was worse. They’re opting to wait a year because they don’t like the idea of studying online or missing out on a freshman campus experience. But the fall data show that white students are now matching these same high dropout rates.

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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

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Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Higher Education. Subscribe today! BRYANT POND, Maine — EB Hoff, 14, was running for class treasurer of the Class of 2022.

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Couch surfing, living in cars: Housing insecurity derails foster kids’ college dreams 

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LOS ANGELES — Citrus College was Kyshawna Johnson’s third attempt at higher education. But the house was too chaotic to focus on studies, and without support, Johnson dropped out. But such housing is a rarity at community colleges, where most former foster care students begin their higher education. Another fix is dorms.

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Making the American Dream a Reality for Underserved Students

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The subprime lending crisis of 2008, however, was a clear example of people being sold the American Dream without being given the tools to realize it. The same phenomenon is true in higher education. Tyler’s story is a classic example of how higher education has become a blind spot in our society. How would she afford it?

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

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My parents always stressed how powerful an education is and how it is the key to success,” Keenan said. For more stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn subscribe to the Educate podcast. In higher education, colleges are using analytics to keep students enrolled and continue collecting tuition dollars.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

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Through their efforts, along with those of other outside arts organizations, they are introducing theater to more and younger participants, at an age when education experts say children are especially poised to benefit from it. Related: Can testing save arts education? Higher Education. percent of all roles, though Asians are 5.6

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