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More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

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Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. After all, the plummeting number of prospects makes it much harder to replace dropouts than it was when there was a seemingly bottomless supply of freshmen.

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She has ‘the heart of a nurse,’ but can she overcome obstacles to her degree?

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Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No One day in June 2012, Hernandez told him to leave. She also referred Hernandez to an advocacy center at BMCC where she could apply for food, counseling and emergency funds.

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Six reasons you may not graduate on time

The Hechinger Report

It’s all part of an awareness campaign called “15 to Finish,” pioneered at the University of Hawaii in 2012, that has taken hold in dozens of states. Many public and private universities have similar setups, moving away from per-credit tuition to a flat rate for 12 or more credits. Some states’ figures are even higher.

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Most college students don’t graduate in four years, so college and the government count six years as “success”

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They’re pulling a bait and switch on students,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the advocacy group Complete College America. Dropout rates rose in the fall of 2020 to their highest level since 2012, the Clearinghouse reports. Related: Some colleges ease up on pushing undergrads into picking majors right away.

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Universities try to catch up to their growing Latinx populations

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She blamed the high dropout rates on the fact that many students have to juggle school with full- and part-time jobs, leaving little time for academics. It closed its child care center in 2012, citing low demand. The university has struggled to afford practical services that can keep students like Perez from dropping out.

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

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The Nollie Jenkins Family Center led a fight against school-based corporal punishment here in rural Holmes County from 2012 to 2018, when a new superintendent asked for a policy change. In 2012, a group of young people affiliated with Reddy’s center launched a formal campaign to remove corporal punishment from the county’s schools.

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But the struggling sector’s political giving is down since peaking in 2012,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. “Comparing the 2016 and 2012 FLVC Student Textbook Survey Results” by David Wiley.