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Colleges sign on for a 15-step program to “erase equity gaps” in completion

The Hechinger Report

These efforts are two of the 15 recommendations in a project called the Moon Shot for Equity, a plan that seeks to eliminate college graduation equity gaps by 2030. The Moon Shot program is specifically designed to close gaps for Black, Latino, Native American, first generation and other historically underserved students by 2030.

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Global Leadership Week - Information and Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We’ve run courses in many areas including language & culture, social responsibility, human rights, business, peace studies, education, sustainability and much more. This is a free, live video event with Sean Maguire of Plan International, a global advocacy organization dedicated to children's rights. Free and open to the public.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Do Online Courses Really Save Money? The incentive-based learning program covers a variety of areas, including literacy, college course work, cognitive behavioral therapy and vocational training. “Over 20 advocacy groups complain to FTC that YouTube is violating children’s privacy law ,” Techcrunch reports.

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Is California saving higher education?

The Hechinger Report

ver the course of a century, California built the country’s top-ranked public research university and its largest and most affordable community college system. The university system has gotten an infusion of money to add more courses and advisors and reduce bottlenecks. I definitely want to be out of here in four years,” Soberano said.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We currently have 10 keynotes and 130 regular sessions scheduled over the course of three days. Associate Professor, Millersville University Dr. Ann Gaudino is as an Associate Professor at Millersville University, Pennsylvania where she teaches graduate and doctoral courses in education and education leadership. Dr. Beate W.

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10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule

The Hechinger Report

A record number of Virginians earned bachelor’s degrees in 2017 , the most recent year for which the figures are available; officials said that puts it on course toward a goal of having the highest proportion of college-educated workers by 2030. Related: Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors.

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