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Government Funds Shielded Colleges From Extinction. In 2022, the Stakes Will Change.

ED Surge

Since the 2018-2019 school year, the number of institutions eligible to award federal financial aid fell from 6,281 to 6,063, or 3.47 How will institutions work creatively with industry to develop new pathways to employment or find breakthrough means of promoting social and economic mobility?

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OPINION: Why every high school student needs a work-based experience

The Hechinger Report

The result is that we are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. We are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. The time is right.

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COLUMN: Financial literacy courses won’t solve the racial wealth gap

The Hechinger Report

Ramsey blamed Americans for their economic struggles amid a pandemic that has decimated the economy and left more than 20 million people unemployed, arguing that “you have a career problem, you have a debt problem, you have a relationship problem, you have a mental health problem, or something else is going on if $600 changes your life.”.

Economics 145
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Shipbreaking in Bangladesh: The Labor of Living with Toxic Development

Anthropology News

The economic significance of shipbreaking means that national and international NGOs seeking to ban the industry in Bangladesh remain unpopular. Landless tenants and a low-income Hindu minority, they lack the social connections and economic leverage to have any political voice. The changes took place as late as 2011.

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OPINION: Cities find new ways to fill pre-K funding holes left by the federal government

The Hechinger Report

In 2018 alone, a diverse group of communities successfully passed measures to establish “children’s funds” in Jackson County, Missouri; San Francisco; Kent County, Michigan; and Alachua County, Florida. The post OPINION: Cities find new ways to fill pre-K funding holes left by the federal government appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The shuttering of a rural university reveals a surprising source of its financing

The Hechinger Report

When Iowa Wesleyan University announced in March that it would close, its biggest creditor was a federal government agency that had loaned it $26 million and then — in an attempt to help the university survive —softened the terms and extended the repayment period. The USDA loaned Iowa Wesleyan $26.4 Dordt has an estimated $43.4

Economics 135
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COLUMN: Now imagine if your school closed for good

The Hechinger Report

Whatever the reason a school has to close, something needs to fill the educational, economic, and social voids created by the closure. In 2013, the federal government estimated that schools nationwide needed a $550 billion investment to bring them up to standard, just for deferred maintenance issues — damage from postponing repairs.

Economics 143