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OPINION: We can and must do better to help Black students enroll in college and succeed

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Little wonder that a recent report reveals that Black public community college enrollment dropped by 26 percent, or almost 300,000 students, between 2011 and 2019 and by another 100,000 students during the pandemic, bringing Black community college enrollment levels back to where they were more than two decades ago.

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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

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“It’s becoming blatantly apparent that the year they spent in remote learning did not allow them to mature properly,” said Thiebeau, who teaches biology and forensics in a room decorated with animal bones and a taxidermied bear head. Related: More studies mark the pandemic’s toll on student achievement.

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These students are finishing high school, but their degrees don’t help them go to college

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In practice, this process is more complicated and sometimes relegates capable students into diluted settings, stunting their ability to not only learn in school but also to achieve later in life. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning.

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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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In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. For more stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn subscribe to the Educate podcast. It wasn’t always this way.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

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million since the last peak, in the fall of 2011 , according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Colleges are also working to reduce their numbers of dropouts on the principle that it’s cheaper to provide the kind of support required to keep tuition-paying students than to recruit more. Will there be more?

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

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Others have revamped remedial education, a major stumbling block for students who are forced to repeat subjects they should have learned in high school. Before Ontere leaves, she schedules a follow-up meeting and hands him a meal voucher. In 2011, fewer than 16 percent of employees were people of color.

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Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance’ schools are the future of American high schools

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It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. All students need to be deeply known by the adults that are working with them to support their learning,” she said. Based on what you know.

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