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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

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By 2028, New Jersey aims to double the number of high school students enrolled in at least one dual enrollment course, ensure all high schools provide dual enrollment options, and close access gaps to these programs for different groups of students. Brookdale Community College is in a state that has named dual enrollment as a priority.

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COLUMN: ‘We want every major to be a climate major’

The Hechinger Report

Steelman is advocating for fluency for all undergraduates by 2028, she said, but “We’re working through a committee process and we’ll see what sticks.” Allowing each school to find its own way, rather than mandating a shift to climate content by fiat, will take time.

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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

A startling 3 million skilled trades jobs will sit unfilled by 2028. But students aren’t the only ones who lose out from a one-size-fits-all high school approach. So does the U.S. job market, which faces a significant skilled labor shortage.

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What Students From Rural Communities Think College Leaders Should Know

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Betley reports that STARS schools extended more than 11,000 offers of admission to the Class of 2028, which was a 12.9 For example, they visited 1,100 rural high schools in 49 states, with many trips including a dozen or so admissions officers carpooling in minivans. The work is already paying off.

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Too hot for school

The Hechinger Report

I’m also looking forward to an upcoming bond in 2028 when I think we’ll put a lot of these climate infrastructure projects on the ballot. There’s a lot of stuff around energy efficiency and the way we build our new buildings especially, where it’s really easy to, say, install an electric heater instead of a natural gas heater. Not at first.

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Writing a College Essay That Stands Out

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Class of 2028 supplemental essay prompt. The prompt asks applicants to, “Tell us about an aspect of your identity (e.g. race, gender, sexuality, religion, community, etc.) or a life experience that has shaped you as an individual.” The prompt is followed by a note with additional context on the shift. Source: Johns Hopkins University.

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The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

The Hechinger Report

Full high school projections extend further through 2028 in the WICHE data. million students in 2028. Grades eight through 12 are larger cohorts who were born before 2008. The number of high school students is expected to fall by 6.8 percent or 1 million students from 15.4 million students in 2022 to 14.3