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How a decline in community college students is a big problem for the economy

The Hechinger Report

Even if enrollment eventually rebounds, the interruption caused by the pandemic will be felt for years — coinciding with a hoped-for economic recovery — since that’s how long it usually takes students to complete credentials once they start them. Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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

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With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. Will jobs go begging?

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Out of poverty, into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

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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Education Department is finally set to go into effect in 2026. Sarah Igo: What that means is I study the history of ideas rather than, say, public policy or economic development or wars or that kind of thing. Jon: Right, the Gainful Employment Rule that sounds very wonky. Kirk: Yeah, this long-delayed regulation from the U.S.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

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The agency oversees law and justice across Indian Country, as well as agriculture, infrastructure, economic development and tribal governance. A year later, the Nations Report Card found Native students in traditional public schools performed much better than those in BIE schools. Its a difficult job, but these are treaty obligations.