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    Studies Show Decline in Higher Education Enrollment Rates Post Pandemic

    The Hechinger Report Nov 2, 2021

    As colleges around the country resumed in-person learning in the fall of 2021, many educators expected students to return to campus after taking a pandemic gap year. But a funny…

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    Income Sharing May Be Solution to Student Debt Crisis

    MDRC Oct 30, 2021

    Income share agreements (ISAs) are designed to help students pay for and attend postsecondary education and career training programs. With an ISA, students receive financial support to help cover the…

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    Attractive Qualities of Sustainability Programs

    GreenBiz Oct 28, 2021

    With climate and social sustainability clearly shifting from a niche in the market to a significant driving force, graduates of sustainability programs are being entrusted with significant roles in companies across…

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    Rural Nurses Need Access to Education and Job Opportunities

    The Rural Blog Oct 27, 2021

    For example, a recent Southern Illinois University Medicine report found that rural Illinois is short as many as 19,100 nurses, Jakob Emerson reports for WICD in Springfield. The reasons cited in the report likely apply in…

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    Increased Need for Mental Health Support for College Students During COVID-19

    RAND Corporation

    Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, rising mental health problems in the United States had health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling college students—and…

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    How Food Technology Can Enhance Transparency in the Food System

    Food Tank Oct 19, 2021

    Journey Foods, an Austin-based food technology company, is launching a new collaboration with colleges and universities to support students in food technology research. The initiative, JourneyLabs, aims to diversify people working…

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    Programs Aimed at Fixing College Pipelines to Create Opportunities

    The 74 Oct 19, 2021

    As the nation struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, a double-edged educational crisis has emerged: a surge in high school dropout rates and a precipitous decline in community college enrollment. The…

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    Education and Healthcare: Systems That Should Be Interconnected

    The 74 Oct 18, 2021

    “It’s never been more important that we are on this hospital’s campus than it is now,” Dr. Laura Leatherwood, president of Blue Ridge Community College, said. EdNC recently joined Blue Cross N.C.…

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    ​Public Colleges’ Graduation Race Gap

    The Hechinger Report Oct 18, 2021

    When Diamante Hare stepped onto Northeastern Illinois University’s campus in Chicago for the first time in 2018, he was gambling with thousands of dollars of grants, scholarships and loans —…

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    How Embedding Behavioral Science in Higher Education Can Garner Student Success

    ideas42 Oct 18, 2021

    This fall, for the first time in over a year, many colleges and universities invited students back to campus. The opportunity to return to campus offered some semblance of a…

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    Women Still Underrepresented in Blue Collar Jobs

    Brookings Oct 16, 2021

    In the 20th century, women smashed glass ceilings across the world. But continued progress is not inevitable. Recent developments in the U.S. pose a stark warning: Abortion rights may be…

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    Student Access and Education Vary, Along With Preparation for the Workforce

    The 74 Oct 13, 2021

    Texas is more than swagger and 270,000 square miles. It is home to more than 29 million diverse residents. According to the 2020 Census, Texas gained the most citizens of…

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