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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004

The Hechinger Report

Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO). But the numbers may spike again as declining U.S. First, the numbers.

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PROOF POINTS: Plenty of Black college students want to be teachers, but something keeps derailing them late in the process

The Hechinger Report

But a June 2023 analysis of college students in Michigan highlights a particularly leaky part of the teacher pipeline: teacher preparation programs inside colleges and universities. At the start of college, Michigan’s Black students are almost as interested in teaching as white students, the report found.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

.” When, or if, this doomsday scenario arises for higher education, it will be a combination of the challenges we have examined thus far – costs of “campus-based” education, failing revenue streams, and expensive dropouts. Read more: Will AI replace teachers?

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report. The third graders at A.J.

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OPINION: The Supreme Court ruling on race in college admissions ignores bigger inequities that must be addressed

The Hechinger Report

In Philadelphia, 49 percent of students who graduated from public high schools matriculated to a college or university, a number that does not account for the 19 percent pushout or dropout rate of students who did not graduate from high school. Only 10 percent of Philadelphia public school students went on to earn a college degree.

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PROOF POINTS: Lessons from transfer schools

The Hechinger Report

But an April 2022 report by Eskolta School Research and Design, a nonprofit consultancy that provides training and services to alternative schools in New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., The report, How They Thrive: Lessons from New York City Alternative School Alumni , was also written by Anelfi Maria and Alicia Wolcott.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

More than two-thirds of all community college students and 40 percent of undergraduates in four-year colleges had to start with at least one remedial class, according to a statistical report from the U.S. Department of Education. The majority of these students dropped out without degrees.

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