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Colleges face a new reality, as the number of high schools graduates will decline

The Hechinger Report

The nation’s colleges and universities will soon face a demographic reckoning: A new report projects that the total number of high school graduates will decline in the next two decades, while the percentage of lower-income and nonwhite students will increase. The Topic: Composition of future high school classes.

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A few universities help black and Hispanic students reach and finish graduate school

The Hechinger Report

In many instances, they are the first in their families to go to college, can’t afford expensive graduate educations and have little help navigating the route to an advanced degree. It’s so hard to get into graduate school because the path to get there is like a secret that’s only given to certain people,” said Hardy, who is black.

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Colleges Must Respond to America’s Skill-Based Economy

ED Surge

Back in March of this year, EdSurge published my article outlining the nearly 400-year history of higher education in America, how that past shapes the way the country views colleges today, and why microcredentials , while critical to the future of the U.S. For one, agreement around the purpose of higher education is fragmented.