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One university has a new college specifically to re-enroll adults who had dropped out

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Starting in 2018, while working full time, Golden began taking classes online – first at a community college in Ohio, then at Morgan State – with a resolve she didn’t have at 18. Instead of merely checking in once per semester to assist with scheduling, advisors also help students access nonacademic resources and offer moral support. “It’s

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How does an intelligent learning platform help teachers create a truly personalized learning environment?

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According to a 2018 Education Week Research Center survey centered on U.S. While technology doesn’t aim to substitute teachers, it can facilitate their work and ensure that each student gets access to customized educational content and assessment methods to provide the best possible learning outcomes. . Online games and assessments.

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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

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On the other hand, said Kieffer, faculty need to “look at the modern world and figure out how to adapt to that.”. Tuminez became president of UVU in 2018. As for graduation rates that weren’t increasing, and dropout rates that didn’t decline, she said, “you have to ask why.”. Tuminez paused. “So

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PROOF POINTS: Lessons from college dropouts who came back

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Like many dropouts, Floyd always intended to finish his college education. The number of college dropouts swelled during the tight labor market; an additional 2 million people joined their ranks from only a year and a half earlier in 2018. As with many dropouts, Floyd had unpaid student debt to resolve.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

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California’s public colleges and universities have wide discretion in how to handle student debt collection, and practices vary. The campus has lost more than 8,000 students since 2018-2019, with enrollment dropping from 33,500 to 25,000. Some try on their own to collect the debt. by contacting students.

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

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That’s higher than the district’s fall 2018 numbers and a slight drop from 2019. During the 2018-19 school year, the last one uninterrupted by the pandemic, it logged 2,422 — a 61 percent drop. Keels has been surprised to find how little most teachers she has worked with know about normal child development.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

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Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. I didn’t even know how to contact my advisor to declare a major. Access to talent is their number-one competitive priority.”. Then when you do find them, the offices are closed.”. Gregory VanDyke Jr.,

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