The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

Even in high school, Miguel Agyei worried about how he’d pay for college. He instead picked close-by Bradley University and worked during the summer to pay the costs his financial aid didn’t cover. He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. “I Miguel Agyei. Do they just give up?”

Advocacy 136

Advocacy Data Trends Report 136

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

As tuition and related fees skyrocket, finding ways to keep a college degree within reach for anyone willing to work toward one is imperative. Offering every high school student access to college-level courses while in high school is one critical way to do so. Related: High schoolers can take dual-enrollment courses for college credit.

Advocacy 92

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

There are plenty of reasons to be critical of college fraternities and sororities. Against this backdrop, fraternity and sorority advocates are marshalling evidence that their organizations provide valuable benefits to their members and the universities they attend. Hazing deaths happen too often.

Advocacy 117

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

When Carlos Sanchez immigrated to Grand Rapids, Michigan, from Mexico City 25 years ago, he’d already completed two years of college at Universidad Iberoamericana, and he was determined to finish his degree. When he tried to enroll, he found that colleges had no idea how to handle his international transcripts and credentials.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy Groups Report Data 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

When Karli Hinman enrolled at Stony Brook University in fall 2018, she knew her family couldn’t help her pay to continue her education. And during her first two years of college, she didn’t have much trouble affording her in-state tuition, thanks to financial aid and scholarships. She felt stuck. Karli Hinman. Of course I said yes.”

Advocacy 172

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — At a late August meeting in a windowless room at Minneapolis College, a handful of students barely a week into classes sat back on couches, took a breath and marveled that they were there at all. Ray Lombardi, 50, listened thoughtfully. What I’m hearing is that we have three things in common: It’s hard to be a parent.

Report 99

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

Since the Supreme Court abolished affirmative action last June, selective colleges and universities have had to dismantle their most effective tools for pursuing racially and ethnically diverse student bodies. Related: Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?

Education 82

Education Advocacy Mobility Report 82

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

That’s because since 2010 the number of students enrolled in teacher prep programs at colleges has fallen by more than a third, from about 900,000 students in 2010-11 to only 600,000 in the 2018-19 academic year, according to the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. So how are teacher prep programs responding?

Advocacy 137

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Students cooking ramen noodle packets in the dorm microwave have come to symbolize what is deemed to be the universal college experience. For example, the California State University at Long Beach Division of Student Affairs highlighted that 80 percent of their students worked while in school to support their families.

Advocacy 199

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Student complaints about the digital textbook and courseware bundles now assigned in many college classes have escalated into a new batch of legal challenges. Through these deals, colleges become digital book brokers , selling students access codes for packaged digital texts and online homework systems created by commercial publishers.

Accessibility 173

Accessibility Pearson Advocacy Course 173

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

With rising college tuition expenses and overwhelming student loan debt, there’s a debate underway about whether college or job training is the right path for young people who face financial barriers and other challenges. After graduating in spring 2021, Dino enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he now studies.

Training 156

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

Without that, she can’t decide where to go to college. With college decision deadlines looming, thousands of high school seniors have been stuck in limbo due to the bungled rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid. And when they delay college, Powell said, they are less likely to go at all.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Like many first-generation low-income students (FGLI) , I began my education at my local community college, Indian River State College in Florida. I felt ostracized and alone until I joined a small group of FGLI students on campus, including some who had also transferred from a community college.

Policies 119

Policies Advocacy Report Groups 119

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In March, 2021, Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz first reported on the way that direct-to-student loans were used by for-profit colleges to bolster their business models while ensnaring students in practices that blocked them from getting jobs or transferring to other colleges. This story also appeared in The New York Times.

Advocacy 88

Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 88

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Thailand fosters engineering leaders through hands-on learning, education innovation, real-world research, and entrepreneurship. The university creates and drives changes for a strong and sustainable global society.

STEM 202

STEM Advocacy Robotics Strategy 202

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

Jasper Smith did not spend her freshman year at Howard University studying in the red-brick buildings on its campus in Washington, D.C. Now that emergency health measures have been lifted, Smith, who is currently a junior, does participate on campus in the life of the historically Black university. But college courses?

Education 159

Education Course Blackboard System 159

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2023

The time has come to face up to a troubling fact: Affirmative action is a policy designed to affect access to higher education, but many colleges have never sufficiently addressed their role in preparing students for a successful transition to life in college or gone beyond a laissez-faire approach to providing supports once they get in.

Accessibility 101

Accessibility Advocacy Study System 101

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

More than 40 colleges have said they do not use facial recognition technology on campus and stated they have no plans to do so, according to a new “ scorecard ” published Tuesday by an advocacy campaign titled Ban Facial Recognition on Campus.

Groups 83

Groups Advocacy Company Mobility 83

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

For thousands of high school students who are graduating, this time of year is all about looking to the future — namely, preparing for college in the fall. the ability to work and pay for college has been effectively cut off. That kicks college options to the states. They have the right to this education thanks to Plyler v.

Analysis 143

Analysis Policies Advocacy Report 143

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

Eighth graders who take the course can more easily reach calculus by 12th grade — which can set students up for challenging math classes in college and career paths in science and engineering fields. According to a new nationally representative survey released Tuesday, 65% of U.S. Algebra is often considered a gateway class.

Survey 109

Survey Elementary Policies Report 109

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Four of them are already in college, two are graduating from high school this spring, and her husband has gone back to school in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree. “I She hopes the returning college students in her family will eventually receive similar aid packages as they have in years past and will be able to persist uninterrupted.

Advocacy 92

Advocacy Meeting Data Trends 92

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

The City University of New York announced Wednesday that it would temporarily stop withholding transcripts from students with unpaid bills, reversing a long-held policy that prevented thousands from transferring between schools or entering the careers of their choice. No New York college student should be held back by past debts.”

Policies 100

Policies Advocacy Report Examples 100

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2023

. — As her friends return to college this fall, Kelsey DeSmith is way ahead of them. DeSmith, 19, is part of a small group of students pioneering what is meant to become a national initiative that recognizes growing impatience with the time it takes to get through college. Carrell co-leads the College in 3 program.

Survey 81

Survey Course Report Advocacy 81

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

To help teachers recognize, respond to and prevent bullying toward these students, researchers at the University of Missouri collaborated to develop an evidence-based, online professional development curriculum. Students with disabilities often get bullied more than their peers without a disability.

Advocacy 136

Advocacy Case Study Study Elementary 136

The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2021

Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, pictured above, was one of 99 colleges that adopted test-optional admissions between 2005-6 and 2015-16. Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Policies 134

Policies Study Advocacy Groups 134

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

At an event in April 2019, Diane Jones, the Education Department’s principal deputy undersecretary, said the department was considering an experiment to help colleges offer income-share agreements (ISAs), a form of financing where students who borrow money promise to pay back a percentage of their future income as repayment.

Comparison 209

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

A first-generation student, Williams relied on loans to fund her college and hopefully, help change the course of her family’s lives. Now a doctoral student in education leadership policy at Texas Tech University, Williams often thinks about the student loan debt she is still accruing. The reality of her debt finally hit her.

Report 129

Report Policies Advocacy Mobility 129

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

But a specific degree program to study veterans is being launched this fall at Saint Leo University in central Florida. And it will differ from programs in military studies at colleges around the country, which focus on strategy, military systems and the history of warfare.

Study 118

Study Advocacy Course Policies 118

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Meanwhile, it’s a tough time to be a college student, too. These circumstances are squeezing the university programs that train future teachers. These circumstances are squeezing the university programs that train future teachers. When class sizes started dropping below 10, it wasn’t something the university could support.”

Training 148

Training Trends Social Media Policies 148

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

Like many of her college-going peers, Katelyn Perryman submitted her application for federal financial aid last fall. And like everyone else, the Howard University sophomore could not have anticipated the calamity that a pandemic would unleash several months later. Students are out of work. I’ve had friends rent out storage units.

Tools 161

Tools Advocacy Study Company 161

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

Okay, so you’re going to college. But will the college you pick still have its lights on by the time you get to graduation? It’s a question more and more families are asking as universities and colleges face financial and enrollment challenges, close or merge. Jon: This is College Uncovered. Is this where you live?

Report 72

Report Trends Accessibility Advocacy 72

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Introduction to Programming with Scratch in Education from University of Northern Iowa (20-30 hours). This article originally appeared on The Advocate from the Computer Science Teachers Association. Read the original version here. During CS Ed Week, countless teachers and students experienced computer science for the first time. Start a club.

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Comparison Advocacy STEM Meeting 218

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Orr recounts this with surprising good humor, early in the morning in a brightly lighted classroom at the Valencia College Center for Accelerated Training. . — Cory Orr was working 70 hours a week in three jobs, often pulling double shifts at the chain restaurant where he was assistant kitchen manager. To help pay the rent, he got a roommate.

Training 135

Training Industry Report Company 135

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Their effort, called the Early Childhood Policy in Institutions of Higher Education Initiative , also aims to establish early childhood policy as a field of inquiry, including at universities, which serve as training grounds for policymakers and hubs of research. They’re not stopping at resources, though.

Policies 156

Policies Study Handbook Advocacy 156

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In Colorado, voters passed a proposition that raises taxes on higher-income households to pay for universal free school lunches for children. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning.?

Policies 139

Policies Advocacy Report Examples 139

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

When colleges sign deals with publishers to sell digital textbooks and homework systems directly to students, they’re required by federal regulations to offer those materials at discounted prices. PIRG obtained 52 contracts between 31 colleges and major publishers, including Cengage, McGraw-Hill and Pearson.

Pearson 146

Pearson Accessibility Course Report 146

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

Lourdes Torrey, a rising junior at the University of Missouri, said she doesn’t expect any improvements in the racial climate on her campus in the fall. Lourdes Torrey was only a few weeks into her first year at the University of Missouri in 2018 when she heard a white student in the dorm room next to hers use the N-word.

Social Media 144

Social Media Advocacy Report Groups 144