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

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Such closures, mergers and other shifts to try to reach sustainability are reflected in National Center for Educational Statistics reports. 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 However, Mills has since merged with Northeastern University.

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Desperate to Support Youth, States Spend to Stop Leaks in Mental Health Care Pipeline

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Surgeon General to declare a youth mental health crisis , and the federal government has rolled out billions of dollars since then to help schools respond. The rise in mental health needs among students following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed the U.S.

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An Edtech Giant Declares Bankruptcy. What Might It Mean for Online Higher Ed?

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A 2019 report from the Century Foundation, called “ Dear Colleges: Take Control of Your Online Courses, ” urged institutions to turn away from outsourced programs. OPMs have come under scrutiny in recent years, particularly for tuition-sharing contracts that critics say encourage predatory marketing practices and swell student loan debt.

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OPINION: Let’s use the pandemic as a dress-rehearsal for much-needed digital transformation

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Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Navigator , for example, is a free, research-based tool that provides educators with tailored recommendations for lessons that support the full diversity of learners. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency provides a great model of what a similar partnership could look like in education.

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Is It Fair and Accurate for AI to Grade Standardized Tests?

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Using technology to score essays is nothing new. A 2019 investigation by Vice found that at least 21 states use natural language processing to grade students’ written responses on standardized tests. Still, some educators and parents alike felt blindsided by the news about auto-grading essays for K-12 students.

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U.S. education achievement slides backwards

The Hechinger Report

The average performance of the nation’s fourth and eighth graders mostly declined in math and reading from 2017 to 2019, following a decade of stagnation in educational progress, according to the results of a test released on Oct. The one exception was fourth-grade math, with the average score rising by one point between 2017 and 2019.

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PROOF POINTS: What happens when private student information leaks

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In a report publicly released in October 2020 , the Government Accountability Office (GAO) counted 99 school data breaches over the past four years, from July 2016 to May 2020, that compromised the personal information of thousands of students in kindergarten through high school. The GAO counted that as one incident.

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