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PROOF POINTS: COVID has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students

The Hechinger Report

In comparison, the drop in new students was only about half as much at public and nonprofit four-year institutions, which tend to serve higher income students. Tuition worries aside, many don’t have high-speed internet, their own up-to-date laptops or a quiet places to study for online learning.

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Dropout Detective Offers Academic ‘Credit Scores’—But Is That a Good Thing?

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That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

The federal share of Medicaid funding, for example, is capped at 55 percent (if Puerto Rico were a state, it could receive 83 percent), residents are denied certain disability benefits and there are restrictions on access to other funding, such as the child tax credit. Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students.