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3 Ways Big Data Can Soften the Campus Dropout Crisis

EdNews Daily

And like any major problem, this mass exodus of dropouts must be addressed sooner rather than later through innovative interventions. The “soft” predictors, those subtle hints that are precursors to student dropout. Evaluate social signals. Sweeping the issue under the rug makes no sense; hitting it head-on with technology does.

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Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

The Hechinger Report

adjuncts worry about their ability to engage with students and how well their students are learning, according to a new study that compares Canadian adjuncts with what it calls the “woefully under-supported and poorly compensated” American adjuncts. You’re almost like a starving artist.” It’s not fair to them — we know that.

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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

Edsurge

That’s what an Adobe-commission survey , published in partnership with futurist Bryan Alexander and the New Media Consortium, revealed. How might a sociology class analyze human interactions and behaviors on social media?). What better place to reveal the results of a national survey about trends in IT than at Educause?

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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

The Hechinger Report

Phone calls to parents and messages on social media went largely unanswered. In June, a survey of 201 school districts in Connecticut by the state education board found that 22 percent of students (some 116,000) had only partially or minimally participated in remote learning and 4 percent (21,000) had not participated at all.

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Momentum builds behind a way to lower the cost of college: A degree in three years

The Hechinger Report

More than a third of Americans without degrees now don’t believe that getting additional education would help them find a job , according to a survey by the Strada Center for Education Consumer Insights. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Then Covid decimated them.

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College students to administrators: Let’s talk about mental health

The Hechinger Report

To those already burdened by the demands of social media and fears about how to succeed in the world, Covid piled on. They have faced restrictions on the free-form socializing that builds acquaintanceships and a sense of belonging. Becky Fein, director of training and engagement for Active Minds.

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How higher education lost its shine

The Hechinger Report

Myriad focus groups and public opinion surveys point to other reasons for the dramatic downward trend. Fewer than one in three adults now say a degree is worth the cost , according to a survey by the Strada Education Network. Related: Another million adults ‘have stepped off the path to the middle class’.

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