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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

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PORTLAND, Maine — The ergonomic chairs, glass-walled conference rooms, ubiquitous technology and smell of new carpets and fresh paint scream well-funded startup. Some are focusing on high-demand disciplines such as technology, health and alternative energy. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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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. Like the Rio Grande Valley, for example, Nashville had been seeing gains in high school graduation and college-going rates. “We That usually means she’s not enrolled any more.”. We had some momentum,” Ward said.

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How higher education lost its shine

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Only a quarter of recent grads in another survey, by the educational publishing and technology company Cengage, said that, if they could do it again, they’d take the same educational path. billion worth of federal loans borrowed by students of the defunct for-profit Corinthian Colleges, for example.

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