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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 16, 2024
According to 2020 data, at least 65 percent of low-income students at these colleges completed their degrees within six years. We want the students to stay in their major of choice,” he said, whether in the sciences, social sciences or otherwise.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
In the post-war boom of the 1950s, college students were confident of their economic futures and many studied liberal arts subjects such as English, history and philosophy. Fewer than one in 10 college graduates obtained humanities degrees in 2020, down 25 percent since 2012. That’s true for college students too. It’s worrisome.”.
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ED Surge
APRIL 4, 2022
With humanities and social science degree completions declining over the past 10 years, college liberal arts programs should consider sharing new U.S Census Bureau salary and industry data to teach prospective students about the programs’ strong economic returns. percent between 2020 to 2030. percent from 2020 to 2030.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Two theories proposed by notable twentieth-century scholars stand out—one by James Samuel Coleman, an American sociologist who worked at the University of Chicago, and the other by French structuralist Pierre Bourdieu, who taught at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 26, 2023
Reflecting the pressures on campuses today, a recent study indicates eroding confidence in higher education: In late 2022 only 55 percent of Americans surveyed said that “colleges and universities were having a positive effect on the way things were going,” compared with 69 percent in early 2020. How do we reverse this crisis in confidence?
A Psychology Teacher Writes
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Self-determination theory (eg Ryan & Deci, 2020) suggests that the key drivers of intrinsic motivation are competence (feeling capable at something), autonomy (feeling a sense of control in our choices) and relatedness (feeling a sense of belonging and connection to others). Ryan & Deci (2020). Enser, M. & & Enser, Z.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The economic devastation wrought by Covid-19 and its disproportionate impact on students served by community colleges make this an ethical imperative. This is even more the case under Covid-19 with community colleges under pressure to help hourly wage workers who have suffered the most in the economic downturn gain new skills.
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