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Many young adults choose work over college, report shows
The number of undergraduate students is expected to drop 3.2 percent in the 2021-22 academic year after plunging 3.4 percent during the 2020-21 pandemic year, according to preliminary data released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center on Oct. 26, 2021. That adds up to 6.5 percent fewer undergraduate students now than there were in the fall of 2019 before the pandemic.
10 ways for schools to gain traction with social-emotional learning programs
Federal funding, parent demand and evidence of payoff fuels support for social-emotional learning in the classroom, but continuation may hinge on rebranding and local investment
The pandemic has dashed and deferred too many college dreams
Without support and intervention, higher education could be out of reach for some forever, writes Julia Freeland Fisher and Nichole Torpey-Saboe.
Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds
As online schooling plays an increasingly large role in education, researchers say more work needs to be done to understand and address why some families have a harder time accessing the internet. A new study shows that one reason is racial segregation.
Most college students don’t graduate in four years, so college and the government count six years as “success”
As the White House proposes spending billions to improve completion rates, colleges measure successful graduation rates at six and even eight years.
Middle school minds: Figuring out who you are in the midst of global turmoil
Will pandemic middle schoolers be affected for the rest of their lives?
The newly unpredictable calculus of who gets into college
Colleges try to adapt to a new game in which applicants hold more of the cards.
Colleges sign on for a 15-step program to “erase equity gaps” in completion
Moon Shot for Equity expands its effort to address systemic pitfalls in higher education and eliminate equity gaps in access and completion.
First nationwide look at racial breakdown of career education confirms deep divides
Black and Hispanic students benefit less often from classes connected to higher-paying careers and college degrees than their white peers according to new federal data on student enrollment in career and technical programs.