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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

The Hechinger Report

However, researchers at Georgetown University project that by 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. Unfortunately, many college alternatives, especially career and technical education programs, have a complicated history. College isn’t for everyone.

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Paleolithic Humans Caused Extinction of Dwarf Hippos and Elephants on Cyprus

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Recent research 1 led by Flinders University reveals that Paleolithic hunter-gatherers on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus were responsible for the extinction of two endemic megafauna species: the dwarf hippopotamus ( Phanourios minor ) and the dwarf elephant ( Palaeoloxodon cypriotes ). Biological Sciences , 291 (2031). Proceedings.

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Why it matters that Americans are comparatively bad at math

The Hechinger Report

READ THE SERIES Meanwhile, the number of jobs in math occupations — which “use arithmetic and apply advanced techniques to make calculations, analyze data, and solve problems” — will have increased by 29 percent in the 10 years ending in 2031, or by more than 30,000 per year, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, roughly two-thirds of well-paying jobs are projected to require a bachelor’s degree or higher by 2031, as the US labor market’s share of unskilled employment continues to decline. Before he became a research scientist, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on three felony convictions. “I At the house, he’d stay in his room.

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A school closure cliff is coming. Black and Hispanic students are likely to bear the brunt

The Hechinger Report

Amid declining birth rates, the Education Department estimates that national public school enrollment will drop by 5 percent or more by 2031 — a sharp change after decades of increasing enrollment. Harris, chair of the economics department at Tulane University and director of the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice.

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The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy 

The Hechinger Report

Still more new research, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, projects that the pace of college closings could now accelerate. Colleges and universities, on average, are admitting a larger proportion of their applicants than they did 20 years ago, new research by the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute finds.

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