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Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts

The Hechinger Report

Sent from one office to another, he was close to giving up — until he found himself referred to someone whose title was “retention specialist.”. “I Another reason it’s in public universities’ self-interest to deal with dropouts now: State budget allocations are increasingly tied to how many students graduate. Dickinson stayed.

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How Can Technology Help Improve Teaching Efficacy in a Classroom?

Kitaboo on EdTech

The effects of mental health are not restricted to the teachers but in turn impact the students they teach, leading to poor academic outcomes, poor student discipline, and higher dropout rates. Many EdTech platforms maintain a record of such communications for future reference.

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PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

The Hechinger Report

High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. The acronym FAFSA refers to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid that is used by both the federal government and colleges around the nation to issue grants and loans.). 1/2) Hi [first_name].

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What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

a university administrator enthused in a survey, referring to a type of scholarship that examines an activity in progress. Pre-pandemic research into online higher education concluded that students in it ended up with lower grades and higher dropout rates.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

Schools can refer students to state tax collectors to have their tax refund garnished or send them to debt collection companies, which often charge high fees. Such a program benefits colleges as well, by helping them boost enrollment and, ultimately, bring in more money from the former dropouts. “It

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Does Online Education Help Low-income Students Succeed?

Edsurge

From the start, access has been the defining achievement of online learning. Reading initial coverage of the research, I worried that virtual access may not be accomplishing all that was it promised. Work and family obligations often undermine their studies, leading to a cascade of failures and dropouts. Or so I thought.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.