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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

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Heather Hunter, a psychology major at Wichita State University who has a part-time job in a foster-care agency, said only four high school students in foster care showed up for a workshop to help them fill out that federal form required to qualify for financial aid. We have to fight three times as hard now.”. College enrollments have fallen.

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Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

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It’s economic development agencies such as the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, which is trying to get more students into STEM so they can fill jobs in fields such as semiconductor production and electric vehicle design , in which the state projects a need for up to 300,000 workers by 2030.

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Why climate change caused me to rethink my career plans

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I am also interested in psychology and neuroscience. United Nations scientists have concluded that we have until 2030 to drastically reduce our impact on the environment. Before I realized that the climate crisis was threatening my future, I associated college with freedom and adventure. I am an artist. I love to sing and paint.