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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

The Hechinger Report

Several recent surveys show that employers need multilingual workers; a study by New American Economy, a bipartisan immigration policy group, found that the number of job postings seeking bilingual employees doubled from 2010 to 2015. In some academic fields research is going global. Mississippi Learning.

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The students disappearing fastest from American campuses? Middle-class ones

The Hechinger Report

The proportion of middle-class high school graduates heading straight to college at all — meaning those from families in the middle 60 percent of income — is gradually declining, sliding from a high of 67 percent in 2010 to 62 percent in 2015. It’s not surprising to me that there are some families that are trying to find another path.”.

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Refugee students languish in red tape as they seek to resume their educations

The Hechinger Report

percent of worldwide humanitarian aid goes to education of any kind, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization , or UNESCO. Many university-age refugees want to study in the United States, but only a tiny handful has succeeded. In Syria alone, from which 4.8 It’s not affordable.

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From the archives: Already languishing in red tape, refugee students now may be barred altogether from U.S.

The Hechinger Report

percent of worldwide humanitarian aid goes to education of any kind, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization , or UNESCO. Many university-age refugees want to study in the United States, but only a tiny handful has succeeded. In Syria alone, from which 4.8 It’s not affordable.