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Black and Latina Women Hold the Most Student Debt
Data from a CRL study shows that women today have less job security than before the pandemic, and any gains experienced by the economy in 2021 fell inequitably towards white people, in particular white men.
Apprenticeships Infuse STEM Workforce
Companies and community colleges are partnering to train future STEM-field workers. Registered apprenticeship programs are intended to increase opportunities for workers and widen the talent pools for employers.
2020 Increases in Student Persistence Mask Pandemic Inequities
Even though ¾ of college students remained enrolled in higher education after a year of Covid schooling, it isn’t enough to ease all worries about enrollment and engagement.
Diversifying Teacher Education: Moving Beyond Recruitment
If those of us charged with improving the quality of public education are serious, we must be intentional about recruiting and retaining teachers of color, writes Dr. Katherine E. L. Norris, Chair for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Howard University.
Survey: Test-Optional is Appealing to Minority Students
An EAB survey of almost 5,000 students who graduated high school in 2021 has found that test-optional policies were a significant factor in motivating students to apply, with 15% saying that they applied to a college specifically because it was test-optional. But test-optional policies were particularly influential for under-represented minorities.
Enrollments Continued to Decline at Two and Four Year Institutions
Spring 2022 enrollment data reveals another dramatic loss of students in higher education, a continuation of declines seen since the onset of the pandemic.
Rocky Pathways From Youth to a Good Job
Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) released two new reports that showed how by age 35, workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher are nearly twice as likely as workers with just a high school diploma to land a good job. Yet race, class, and gender disparities compound inequalities on the uneven journey to good jobs as well as wealth.
Study: Students from Different Fields Perform No Differently on Tests of Valued College and Career Skills
Students from different fields of study – such as the humanities or STEM – do not perform any differently on tests of critical thinking, problem solving, and written communication skills, according to new research from non-profit The Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE).
New Report Finds 39 Million Some College, No Credential Students
A new report tracking students between the ages of 18 and 64 who returned to their studies found in the 2020/2021 academic year, over 944,200 students, or 2.4% of 39 million, re-enrolled in higher education, and 60,400 students earned a credential within one year of re-enrollment. For those students who re-enrolled in the previous year, 531,700 persisted into the next year.