Remove 2008 Remove Dropout Remove Libraries Remove Report
article thumbnail

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

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. This podcast about colleges using predictive analytics is produced by APM Reports. Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. Only about 55 percent of students who started at a four-year school in 2008 had bachelor’s degree six years later. Trying to keep students in school.

Data 107
article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” “A new analysis from the Center for American Progress found more than two dozen minority-serving institutions would fail a graduation rate requirement for funding in the proposed House update to the Higher Education Act ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. More on Claypool’s resignation from WaPo’s Valerie Strauss.

Kaplan 50
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report traveled to three counties with very high numbers of adults without a high school credential to learn about the obstacles schools and families must overcome to provide and obtain this essential first step to a middle-class life. Photo: John Flavell for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 75
article thumbnail

Is California saving higher education?

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. SAN JOSE, Calif.

article thumbnail

After a hate crime, a town welcomes immigrants into its schools

The Hechinger Report

Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. But another reason has spurred Patchogue-Medford to embrace its immigrant students: In 2008, the town became a symbol of xenophobia and hatred , a characterization locals have tried hard to shake. Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. PATCHOGUE, N.Y.

Groups 110
article thumbnail

‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. “I Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.