The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility. Consider students who graduated from college with a four-year bachelor’s degree during the 2007-08 academic year. That figure reflects dropout rates, too.

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Dropout Report Analysis Survey 96

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

Students who withdraw are also much more likely to default on their loans; dropouts make up two-thirds of defaults nationwide. The number of dropouts with federal loans at these institutions has grown from 35,443 in 2007-09 to more than 56,600 in 2013-15. In that time the median student debt at most schools more than doubled.

Dropout 90

Dropout Study Report System 90

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

Analysts say that this “degree inflation,” as they call it, has shrunk opportunities for upward mobility for Americans without four-year degrees. They cited research showing that the proportion of job listings requiring a four-year degree increased by more than 10 percentage points from 2007 to 2010. .

Company 112

Company Survey Report Training 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

In 2007-08, if a student had a stripe on their sock or a mark on a shoe, there was a consequence,” Ben Kleban, then CEO of the charter network College Prep told the Atlantic in 2014. However, reformers instituted “zero-tolerance” policies that became fashionable at the time, criminalizing mundane school infractions.

Education 145

Education Outcomes Study Assessment 145