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

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2023

Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Community colleges say they can’t help the neediest students get through college successfully without more funding. Obviously, all those college dropouts aren’t improving local work forces. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

Analysis

Analysis Outcomes Dropout Report

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

The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2020

Students were required to attend college full time, participate in a first-year seminar and meet frequently with an adviser. Meanwhile, CUNY has cut some costs from its $14,000 program by eliminating the first-year seminar and has expanded it to 25,000 students. There were substantial differences between the New York and Ohio students.

Study

Study Report Course Outcomes

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

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Department of Education data analyzed by The Hechinger Report. That, in turn, contributes to the fact that more than a third of students who start college still haven’t earned degrees after six years, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports , often piling up loan debt with no payoff.

Dropout

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

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Photo by Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.). Since 2013, it has required all students taking less than a full load of classes to also take a seminar that provides them with mentors and success coaches — a package of supports for which many didn’t otherwise have time.

Report

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

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Now, she spends four days a week in an unusually small seminar-style calculus class with 31 other aspiring mathematicians and engineers. “I Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. “It Erika Rich for Hechinger Report Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report.

Education

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

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Photo: Harrison Jones for The Hechinger Report. When she walked into his first-year seminar at Dickinson College, Steve Riccio was impressed by his new student’s enthusiasm. million since the most recent peak, in 2011, the National Student Clearinghouse reports. Photo: Harrison Jones for The Hechinger Report.

Training

Training Report Dropout System

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

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2016

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. Read more about Higher Education.

Dropout

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Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

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AUGUST 25, 2021

The revamped program combined co-requisite courses — essentially one-hour workshops or seminars that give students additional time to practice basic skills — with a tiered placement model that sought to reduce the overall number of students placed into developmental education programs.

Course

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A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature

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APRIL 16, 2018

Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. Last year, just over half of Essex Tech’s senior class reported they were headed to four-year colleges. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. The shop classes prepare us for what we’ll have to be able to do.”.

Study

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COLUMN: Isolated in dorm rooms or stuck at home, some freshmen wonder if college is worth it

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fogel, 18, can recite a list of typical college experiences she has missed out on: study groups, small seminars, office hours with professors, parties, football games, a chance to meet new people from around the world. I was upset and didn’t want to be home at first, but now I’m kind of thankful,” said Asiedu, 18.

Study

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Largely unseen and unsupported, huge numbers of student fathers are quitting college

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. “If Among single, Black and Latino fathers, the dropout rate is about 70 percent. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

Policies

Policies Report Dropout Study

What do Philadelphia’s students want? More college counseling

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APRIL 22, 2019

Photo: Sarah Gonser/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sarah Gonser/The Hechinger Report. “In He’s forced to be as creative as possible with his time: He asks teachers to alert him to students who need support, he is constantly running data reports to flag kids with falling grades and accumulating school absences.

Social Media

Social Media Report Dropout Meeting

Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Last August, for instance, the Center on Reinventing Public Education published a brief field report from their ongoing study of personalized-learning initiatives warning that some schools focus on the “iconography” of personalization — the technology or the project-based learning — but sacrifice rigor. It’s easy to do it superficially.”.

Personalized Learning

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core

From foster care to college

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

T his story about foster care and higher education was produced as part of a series, “Twice Abandoned: How schools and child-welfare systems fail kids in foster care,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. KALAMAZOO, Mich.

System

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report. In October, 2019, Prince George’s educators voluntarily crowded into a community center for a five-hour seminar, on “trauma informed care” for immigrant populations, with an expert from Harvard University. Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report. It’s not easy.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature

COLUMN: Isolated in dorm rooms or stuck at home, some freshmen wonder if college is worth it

Largely unseen and unsupported, huge numbers of student fathers are quitting college

What do Philadelphia’s students want? More college counseling

Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

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