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

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. In the summer, Black enrollment overall dropped by more than 6 percent , compared to 2019, more sharply than that of any other racial group. That will be much harder now.

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How higher education lost its shine

The Hechinger Report

Between 2015 and 2019, Americans’ faith in higher education dropped more than their confidence in any other institution measured by the Gallup polling organization — an extraordinary erosion of trust, considering that list includes the presidency, Congress, big business and the criminal justice system.

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Is California saving higher education?

The Hechinger Report

But California, with a higher education budget for 2019-2020 of $18.5 It’s one example of the many ways that California is taking on seemingly intractable problems that are plaguing higher education nationwide. Related: Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost.