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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory”

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Students who withdraw are also much more likely to default on their loans; dropouts make up two-thirds of defaults nationwide. The number of dropouts with federal loans at these institutions has grown from 35,443 in 2007-09 to more than 56,600 in 2013-15. [But] That’s typical, said Smith of the Center on Education and the Workforce.

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College students predicted to fall by more than 15% after the year 2025

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“The number of kids born from 2008 to 2011 fell precipitously. Grawe argues that colleges might be able to avoid closures and budget shortfalls if they can reduce their dropout rates and focus on keeping students — and their tuition dollars — on campus. ” Birthrates failed to rebound with the economic recovery.

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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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Bending to the law of supply and demand, some colleges are dropping their prices

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million fewer customers than they did at the last peak, in 2011, according to the National Student Clearinghouse , which tracks this. Champlain College cut tuition in half for students in its online program, part of a strategy to increase enrollment. Related: Eligible for financial aid, nearly a million students never get it.

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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

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All three strategies are in large part a reproach to traditional higher education, which has often failed to provide the right programs to the people who increasingly need them. This is our blue-ocean strategy,” said Haefner. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. It seems a bad time to start a university or college.

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

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Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. As recently as 2011, more students with disabilities in Louisiana dropped out than graduated. How one district solved its special education dropout problem. It would not work for Matthew, Comeaux suspected. These are described in a student’s IEP.

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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. After giving birth to her son in 2011, Burgos dropped out of her old school when counselors told her that she didn’t have enough credits to pass ninth grade.

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