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

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Demand for workers in solar is expected to nearly double by 2030, according to an industry census. The number of workers needed in the offshore wind energy industry will also nearly double, by 2025 , to 589,000, and increase to 868,000 by 2030, the consulting firm Rystad Energy estimates.

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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. Her coalition of advocates in Nashville now meets remotely, every Friday morning. Among other things, its members talk about the obstacles confronting students. “I That will be much harder now.

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Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

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West Virginia unveiled a campaign this year for 60 percent of adults ages 25 to 64 to have earned a degree or certificate by 2030. Now, she’s the most outspoken person you’ll ever meet,” he said. He tells the story of one mother who credits the home visits for turning her life around. Rural ones.

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Colleges face a new reality, as the number of high schools graduates will decline

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Well prepared, well resourced, full-pay students: Those are the students all institutions want because they help them meet their bottom line,” said Joe Garcia, president of the organization that released Tuesday’s report, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The national average is nearly 70 percent. ” .

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British universities reach out to the new minority: poor white males

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And meeting college students like him, Hood said, “definitely opens them up to the possibility” of aiming higher. One, a White House initiative called My Brother’s Keeper , is designed to lower crime and high school dropout rates and improve college-going and employment prospects for black and Hispanic males.

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In one country, women now outnumber men in college by two to one

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Like their counterparts all over the world, most of the students here avoid taking classes that are scheduled to meet on Fridays, giving themselves a head start on their weekends. To discourage dropouts, the length of high school was shortened from four years to three, though the effect of this has been mixed.

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Is California saving higher education?

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If policymakers are going to close California’s graduation gap, they’ll have to figure out how to meet the needs of students like Mora and Deas. The “Spartan Completion Grant” that Deas got is part of a program that began last year for seniors who are within two semesters of earning their degrees and meet other requirements.