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More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

The Hechinger Report

After all, the plummeting number of prospects makes it much harder to replace dropouts than it was when there was a seemingly bottomless supply of freshmen. Yet colleges remain focused on recruitment, “which they already know how to do,” said Andrew Nichols, senior director of higher education research at The Education Trust.

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At a growing number of colleges, faculty get a new role: spotting troubled students

The Hechinger Report

New faculty at Dickinson College attend a training session about how to help students who might be foundering. When she walked into his first-year seminar at Dickinson College, Steve Riccio was impressed by his new student’s enthusiasm. Faculty are required to flag any problems by specified dates during each semester. CARLISLE, Penn.