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PROOF POINTS: How much does it cost to produce a community college graduate?

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Austin Community College is one of 50 community colleges in Texas that researchers analyzed to determine how much ought to be spent educating students. But these institutions, which educate 10 million students a year or 44 percent of all undergraduates , have a terrible track record; fewer than half their students end up earning degrees.

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After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared

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Now, she spends four days a week in an unusually small seminar-style calculus class with 31 other aspiring mathematicians and engineers. “I From the tiniest kindergarteners to college-ready high school seniors, nearly all students had their education disrupted starting in March 2020. She retook precalculus and earned an A.

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Ohio import of NYC community college program passed rigorous 3-year test

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Educators typically loathe the idea of denying anyone an opportunity to learn, which is what happens in a randomized controlled trial. Even rarer in education is a replication of this kind of experiment to see if something works in a different setting. Extra academic tutoring and career counseling were also part of the program.

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

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Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. Department of Education data analyzed by The Hechinger Report. The line between Texas and Arkansas in front of the bi-state federal building, which straddles both.

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Colleges and states turn their attention to slow-moving part-time students

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So after dropping out for a while, Dzindzichashvili returned to education part time. Dzindzichashvili’s slog through higher education is surprisingly common. Department of Education. The seminar covers themes relevant to students’ lives, with topics including hip hop and “The Immigrant Experience.”

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

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When she walked into his first-year seminar at Dickinson College, Steve Riccio was impressed by his new student’s enthusiasm. billion a year, collectively, in foregone tuition, according to a review of 1,669 institutions by the Educational Policy Institute. Sign up here for our higher-education newsletter. CARLISLE, Penn.

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Temple University is spending millions to get more students through college, but is there a cheaper way?

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Jones, senior vice provost for undergraduate studies at Temple University, and Paul Tough, author of the upcoming book, “Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why,” presented some promising solutions this month during a session at the Education Writers Association’s National Seminar at Boston University.

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