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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

An experimental psychologist by training, Logue designed an experiment. Over the seven years of Logue’s study, which took place at three of CUNY’s seven two-year community colleges, the results kept getting better. The confusion stems from the study design. The majority of these students dropped out without degrees.

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

The Hechinger Report

He has an office, access to professional training and government-provided health insurance. 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.

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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

Administrators who treat faculty as employees have it backward, said Scott Abbott, a professor of philosophy and integrated studies. Scott Abbott, a professor of philosophy and integrated studies at Utah Valley University. A university analysis shows that this approach has sharply reduced dropout rates. Tuminez paused. “So

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PROOF POINTS: Plenty of Black college students want to be teachers, but something keeps derailing them late in the process

The Hechinger Report

Studies have often found that Black students learn more from same race teachers. Kilbride and her colleagues analyzed 12 years of college student data, from 2010-11 to 2021-22, at 15 public colleges and universities in Michigan, where the majority of Michigan’s teachers receive their training. Teacher diversity statistics in 2020-21.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

Talent Development Secondary, a nonprofit that grew out of a Johns Hopkins University study on dropout rates, is the data-driven arm of the Diplomas Now model; it identifies kids at risk of dropping out and establishes a schoolwide process of intervention and support services to keep them on track to graduate.

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Spreading First Aid for Teens’ Mental Health by Training Adults to Help

MindShift

In fact, a recent study found that nearly 25 percent of teenage girls and almost 10 percent of teen boys suffer from depression by the age of fourteen. Left untreated, mental health concerns can contribute to high school dropout rates. Wardrip completed the training in June. and “Are you in danger?”. Spreading the Word.

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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

Vocational-technical high schools — or “voc-techs” as they are known — combine academic classes with on-the-job technical training. Related: PROOF POINTS: Shop class sometimes boosts college going, Massachusetts study finds. Meanwhile, the overall dropout rate at regional voc-techs is 0.5 percent , even lower than the overall 1.5

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