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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 A score of less than 1.5

Economics 137
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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

The Nollie Jenkins Family Center led a fight against school-based corporal punishment here in rural Holmes County from 2012 to 2018, when a new superintendent asked for a policy change. Collins Elementary School inhabits a single-story brick building with a “little free library” in the front yard and a “discovery garden” in the back.

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The universities that enroll more poor students have less financial aid to give

The Hechinger Report

In Michigan, for example, the flagship campus at Ann Arbor gives out about $14,200 per full-time student with demonstrated financial need — the difference between what the federal government determines their family can be expected to pay for college and the actual cost. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz/The Hechinger Report.

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Facing a white-collar worker shortage, American companies seek a blue-collar solution

The Hechinger Report

That’s where Juawana Allen found Aon, by way of a flyer in the library advertising the Aon program. Employers who rely on technology — a group that includes most manufacturers, many retailers and the government — are chasing the same workers. Allen had been working as a nanny and in retail while going to school full time.

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OPINION: Why working while in college can be a bad investment for students

The Hechinger Report

A 2018 study found that more than half of the students who worked at least 15 hours per week had grade averages of C or below. A 2018 study found that more than half of the students who work at least 15 hours per week had grade averages of C or below.

Library 104
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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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Public colleges shock students by sending them to costly debt collection agencies

The Hechinger Report

To the surprise of many students and parents, public colleges in every state in the country except Louisiana use for-profit debt collection agencies to retrieve overdue tuition, library fees and even parking fines. For example, in the fall of 2018, Wayne State University in Detroit started a program called Warrior Way Back.

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