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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004

The Hechinger Report

It shut down four campuses after it purchased for-profit Kaplan University in 2018 and converted it to a public four-year university called Purdue Global. More than 60 percent of the students at a shuttered campus became college dropouts, adding to the large pool of U.S. One big exception was Purdue University.

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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

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Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. At the Telstar Freshman Academy in Maine, service learning is included as part of the curriculum. This style of learning, this family atmosphere that we have here, it’s a real positive in kids’ lives,” Dole said.

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Cuidado infantil, asientos para bebés y otras maneras simples de mantener a madres adolescentes en la escuela

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Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Foto: Emily Kaplan para The Hechinger Report. Bella Rose sonrió y aplaudió. “Mi

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K12 Inc. Names Stuart Udell, Former Catapult Learning Official, as CEO

Marketplace K-12

In July, Catapult Learning, which provides Title I and dropout-prevention services, announced that it would merge with Special Educational Services Inc., See also: Providers of Special Education, Dropout-Prevention Services Merge. an operator of alternative schools. Investor Lawsuit Targets K12 Inc. and Stock Sales of Former CEO.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

Colleges are also working to reduce their numbers of dropouts on the principle that it’s cheaper to provide the kind of support required to keep tuition-paying students than to recruit more. And for all of the work it’s done to reduce the number of dropouts, the higher education industry has so far barely moved the needle.

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The mindboggling barriers that colleges create — and that end up hurting their own students

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Nancy Lee Sanchez, in red, executive director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, with students she advises. I think the majority of higher education is complacent” about their dropouts, he said. Sanchez is one of the increasing number of outside coaches finding surprising obstacles that colleges put up in front of students.

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Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1

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There are many unanswered questions about the unprecedented sale of Kaplan University, a for-profit institution with several online programs but falling enrollments, to Purdue University, one of the top public universities in the nation. Is Kaplan now essentially competing with companies like 2U and other so-called ‘enabler’ providers?

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