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‘We’re aides, not maids.’ How one high-demand job shows education system’s failings

The Hechinger Report

The need for home health aides is projected to grow by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029. There is already a shortage of health aides, and demand is skyrocketing; one study estimated that 70 percent of adults over 65 are expected to need some form of basic assistance. Coalition on Long Term Care, which conducted that study.

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Decoding the price of college: Complexity of figuring out costs holds students back

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Although about 85 percent of freshmen at four-year residential colleges receive some kind of financial aid, families get scared off by the sticker price, according to Phillip Levine, an economist who studies the problem. Department of Education has one, and many others have popped up online, including one Levine created himself.

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Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?

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The San Francisco resident graduated from nearby Mills College in May 2018 with a master’s degree in early childhood education, and today she is getting her dream off the ground with the help of a new child care services company called Wonderschool. To meet that goal they’d have to launch 100,000 new businesses per year from now until 2029.

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Like it or not, Trump is the next president — Now, here’s how he can improve higher ed

The Hechinger Report

Now that the election is over, it’s time to get serious about solving our nation’s higher education crisis with support from our nation’s new leader. We need to pull together and galvanize the recommendations of our higher education leadership into real, positive policy change for our public universities.

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Aging states to college graduates: We’ll pay you to stay

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Credit: Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report Now, states that need young and educated workers are stepping into the breach. Maine has projected a need for 75,000 more workers in the 10 years ending 2029. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. Unemployment in Vermont is just 1.8 This is not a panacea.

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