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How higher education lost its shine

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That’s down 11 percentage points since 2017. “He Proportion of 14- to 18-year-olds who think education is necessary beyond high school: 45 percent. Proportion of adults who have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education: 48 percent. Proportion who had confidence in higher education in 2015: 57 percent.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

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Across the country, schools have shifted toward career-focused education in recent years, reviving a long-running debate on whether the purpose of education is to prepare students for jobs or to be well-rounded citizens. One week per month, engineers from local industries visit the classrooms and talk to students about their careers.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

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Gifting myself with an education is a part of my recovery,” said Nomi Badboy, 43, one of three students attending this week’s meeting of the school’s collegiate recovery program. Education is an example of what’s called “recovery capital,” something earned that makes long-term recovery more likely. and Canada.

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Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

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Overton’s placement in the college-level course with a companion course, called a co-requisite, is part of a developmental education redesign launched by the Alabama Community College System in 2018-19. That is the traditional way that developmental education has worked. “I was very thankful for taking that lab course,” she said. “It

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

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Department of Education. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. Even low-income students with the highest standardized test scores are more than three times less likely to go to top colleges than higher-income students , according to the Education Trust. That’s about 2 percent.

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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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What if we hired for skills, not degrees?

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This story is a part of our Map to the Middle Class project, in which readers ask questions about educational pathways to financial stability and then we investigate. In the fall of 2017, he moved to Boston and enrolled in a community college, planning to transfer to a four-year program. Chelsea Stahl / NBC News. Employers do.

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