The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
is one of more than 800 colleges and 9,000 campuses that have closed since 2004. Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO).
User Generated Education
MAY 23, 2016
When education is done “right”, learners often feel and experience the following in their both formal and informal educational environments: Joy. It would just require a shift in the education world’s mindset. Wonderment. Intrinsically Motivated. Accomplishment and Pride (in themselves and in their work).
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EdNews Daily
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
In spite of mankind’s amazing potential, it is an ironic truism of modernity that our US educational system is losing massive numbers of young learners each year to boredom, stress, and disengagement (1, 2). We know that labeling and stratifying children are a disservice to both the individual and the educational system. (6).
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 23, 2019
DeVone Boggan, CEO of Advance Peace, a California-based program that helps firearm offenders chart individual “life maps” to change, says the men it serves aren’t ready for higher education — “and education certainly isn’t ready for them.” Convincing these young dropouts to give school another try can be challenging, Caldeira said.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Some experts think institutions of higher education—not former students—are partly to blame. Through Degrees When Due , a project of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, nearly 200 two- and four-year colleges are digging through data and auditing administrative policies to figure out how many such students they’ve lost, and why.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Buffalo educators hoped Eve’s new program would give more children — particularly children of color — a chance at enrichment and advanced learning. Buffalo’s struggle to create an integrated, equitable gifted program demonstrates a longtime challenge that has recently gained attention: Gifted education in America has a race problem.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Even as Latinos move up the educational ladder, whites and blacks are outpacing them, which will leave them at a disadvantage as the economy increasingly demands degrees in exchange for decent jobs. Academic preparation and racial disparities in K-12 education clearly play a role in who graduates from college. Higher Education.
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