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

The Hechinger Report

But the house was too chaotic to focus on studies, and without support, Johnson dropped out. Kyshawna Johnson, photographed during her shift at a Jovenes home in Los Angeles, on September 12th, 2023. Kyshawna Johnson, photographed during her shift at a Jovenes home in Los Angeles, CA, on September 12th, 2023. But only 4.8

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Momentum builds behind a way to lower the cost of college: A degree in three years

The Hechinger Report

Offering accelerated combined bachelor’s and master’s degrees also helps keep undergraduates from leaving for graduate study; those who stay provide universities with essential revenue. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Then Covid decimated them. Now, said Goldstein, U.S.

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