The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. A report published Thursday by the Student Borrower Protection Center , a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, attempts to quantify the scope of this problem.

Dropout 104

Dropout Policies Data Report 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

After graduating this spring, she plans to transfer to nearby Western Washington University, where talks are underway to expand recovery supports thanks in part to advocacy from students in the Breaking Free club. Washington lawmakers passed a bill in 2019 that led to the creation of a state grant fund to support recovery.

Report 102

Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 102

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Generation Hope scholar alumna Lakeya and her two sons celebrating her graduation from Towson University in May 2019. At Generation Hope, we are building a policy and advocacy agenda driven by student parents all over the country that will prioritize removing financial barriers to college completion for Black parents.

Policies 131

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 131

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

Roy Wilson, president of Wayne State University, Sandy Baruah, president and CEO of the Chamber and Brandy Johnson, advisor, Office of the Governor – Michigan announce a new initiative to remove college debts at gathering hosted by the Lumina Foundation in Detroit Michigan on April 30, 2019. Andre Perry/The Hechinger Report.

Libraries 101

Libraries Report Advocacy Policies 101

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

There is no one answer for what the coming school year will look like, but it won’t resemble the fall of 2019. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. Future outbreaks will make for unpredictable waves of closures.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The California Acceleration Project, an advocacy group founded by faculty, reported that pass rates for underprepared students at Cuyamaca in college-level math jumped to 67 percent last year, up from 10 percent the year before. He is on track to pass them all, even with his heavy workload at UPS, and hopes to earn his degree in 2019.

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Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But California, with a higher education budget for 2019-2020 of $18.5 It’s one example of the many ways that California is taking on seemingly intractable problems that are plaguing higher education nationwide. Related: Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost.

Education 97

Education Policies Course System 97