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More students are leaving college without a degree

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Leave this field empty if you're human: Not everyone who enrolls in college will leave with a certificate or degree, but the number of people who drop out or take a break is much higher than experts previously believed. Economic motivation is a factor,” Ryu said. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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One state uses data about job needs to help decide what colleges should teach

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Its Department of Labor and Industry in 2016 forecast 120,000 baby boomer retirements through 2026, and a supply of only half as many workers as will be needed. Right off the bat you have a numbers problem,” said Seth Bodnar, president of the University of Montana and a former General Electric executive who once taught economics.

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Eclipsed by urban counterparts, rural nonwhites go to college at equally low rates

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But the opportunities and economic returns in rural industries such as agriculture, manufacturing and mining have been eroding. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

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Out of poverty, into the middle class

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Like many cities across America, Lowell is struggling to find its economic footing as millions of blue-collar jobs in manufacturing, construction and transportation disappear , subject to offshoring and automation. That job sector is projected to grow 22 percent by 2026, putting her on track to earn a median wage of $ 100,610 a year.

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College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 8

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At the same time, to address mental health concerns, colleges are creating more courses in fields like “the environmental humanities,” Hamilton and Taylor Swift studies and offering more and more wellness days. Education Department is finally set to go into effect in 2026. So what’s really happening inside classrooms?

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

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Walz also was behind Minnesota’s child tax credit increase in 2023, and successfully pushed forward a statewide paid family and medical leave law that takes effect in 2026. — Harris provided the tie-breaking Senate vote that temporarily increased the child tax credit during the pandemic and has proposed making that tax credit permanent.

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