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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. This story about reducing the number of college dropouts was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. CARLISLE, Penn.

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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 The university is known for its Meyerhoff Scholars Program , designed to prepare students from underrepresented backgrounds for STEM careers. She retook precalculus and earned an A.

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From foster care to college

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They are required to live on campus during their time at Western Michigan and take a first-year seminar together. “We He graduated from JW Sexton High School, a STEM-focused magnet school, in 2016. We are really intentional about creating and building a community,” Hamilton said.

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