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How higher education lost its shine

The Hechinger Report

They stick to a policy of advertising prices few consumers pay but that discourage many from applying. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Instead, statewide, the numbers have declined. Credit: Austin Anthony for The Hechinger Report.

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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. That’s well below the statewide rate of 55 percent.

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

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The left-leaning think tank the Fabian Society projects that, while the wealthiest British households will see their income rise by 25 percent through 2030, the poorest will enjoy almost no gains at all, making them doubt the value of a university degree.

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

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To eliminate what the government calls “extreme gender imbalance,” universities in Scotland are working toward a 2030 target to make sure that no discipline has more than three-quarters of its students of one gender. Iceland so highly values gender equality that I think it would be harder to have a policy that’s just for one [gender].

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Is California saving higher education?

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Meanwhile, all but four states are spending less on higher education, per student, than they did in 2008 , according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-learning think thank. Those spending more? Hawaii, North Dakota, Wyoming — and California. Some of what is happening here is inspiring similar reforms around the country.