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

The Hechinger Report

It shut down four campuses after it purchased for-profit Kaplan University in 2018 and converted it to a public four-year university called Purdue Global. More than 60 percent of the students at a shuttered campus became college dropouts, adding to the large pool of U.S. One big exception was Purdue University.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

Colleges are also working to reduce their numbers of dropouts on the principle that it’s cheaper to provide the kind of support required to keep tuition-paying students than to recruit more. Lehigh University has started hiring faculty for a new college of health policy , part of a plan to add 1,800 students. Will there be more?

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Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. “My Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. State policy on sexual health education varies greatly, making it difficult to analyze the effects of any one approach. Texas is kind of going backwards,” said Jennifer Driver, vice president of policy at SIECUS.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

There are more stories about some of DeVos’s other policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” “Free College” The Chronicle of Higher Education asks “5 Key Questions About NYU ’s Tuition-Free Policy for Medical School.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed from EAB’s Melanie Hoe : “What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You.” ” Via Education Dive : “The Purdue-Kaplan Earthquake.” ” The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has given its okay to the sale of Education Management Corp to the Dream Center.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” It’s an amazing amazing breakthrough.

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