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In Japan, plummeting university enrollment forecasts what’s ahead for the U.S.

The Hechinger Report

That’s taken a dramatic toll on colleges and universities, with severe consequences for society and economic growth — a situation now also being faced by the United States, where the number of 18-year-olds has begun to drop in some states and soon will fall nationwide. million students, from 2010 through this year.

Economics 144
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College Uncovered: Tag, You’re In!

The Hechinger Report

With declining birth rates and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, higher education is facing an enrollment cliff, set to hit hard in 2026. Kirk] Yes, Selingo teaches higher ed leadership at Arizona State University, and he’s author of the book Who Gets In and Why. Kirk] This is College Uncovered.

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Rebuilding the Transatlantic exchange on Learning & Teaching: The Active Learning in Political Science (ALPS) Blog Receives the 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award

Political Science Now

The APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award, jointly supported by the Political Studies Association of the UK and APSA , honors political scientists engaged in collaborative and productive cross-national partnerships that make a significant contribution to the discipline in the areas of teaching, research, or civic engagement.

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

The Hechinger Report

We’re still super-reliant on things like Teach for America and a very transient teacher population,” Brenner said. And in states including Mississippi, where the immigrant population has swelled, rural schools can’t keep up with the demands for teaching English to students who aren’t native speakers.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

The idea, said Ann Swartz-Beckius, interim director of student achievement, is to teach students how to remain calm under pressure, “to tune out the noise in their heads.”. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school. Our future economic vitality depends on this.”.

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It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program

The Hechinger Report

It’s not the first time I’ve cried after class,” the professor, Romi Hitchcock-Tinseth, said later, although she was teaching only her fourth session at the prison. Credit: Manuel Orbegozo for The Hechinger Report Humboldt Professor Roberto Mónico, who teaches a course called Multiethnic Resistance in the U.S.,

Education 132
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One state uses data about job needs to help decide what colleges should teach

The Hechinger Report

It’s a scientific projection using data from employers and state agencies to help determine which subjects colleges should and shouldn’t teach and steer students to the highest-paying occupations that the state most needs to fill. Use this information to help you make your own decision. But what actually builds that bridge across is data.

Teaching 105