The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

Advocacy 141

Advocacy Political Science Public School Economics 141

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Undergraduates, on average, end up taking 15 credits more than they need to get degrees — a full semester’s worth — according to the advocacy group Complete College America. All of this takes a toll on graduation rates. And that, in turn, is why nearly 60 percent take longer than four years to finish , or never do.

K-12 137

K-12 Political Science Tutoring Advocacy 137

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

With her undergraduate degree in sociology and political science, “I couldn’t get anything more than serving jobs — not to dis on serving jobs,” said Jackie Vazquez-Aldana, a second-year law student at St. It definitely needs more attention,” Stevens said. People expect that once you finish your undergrad, you go to grad school.”

Sociology 109

Sociology Political Science Economics Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Morales ended up enrolling at the University of Puerto Rico, where she finished in December with a degree in political science. Related: New data show some colleges are definitively unaffordable for many. “The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. Out of a population of 3.2

High School 111

High School Economics Psychology Political Science 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

There’s no definitive data on how colleges’ relationships with these companies affect the cost of the programs — which include MBAs, master’s in public health, master’s in social work and more — to students. “We’ve That’s substantially less than overseas undergraduates pay to attend the London School of Economics in person.

Education 73

Education Advocacy Economics Political Science 73

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Rodrigues had been traveling the country for weeks, meeting with parent advocacy groups in city after city, and working with them to get their grievances heard and addressed by local school boards. But beyond this day-to-day advocacy, critics see an organization with larger aims of discrediting teachers unions and public education.

Advocacy 126

Advocacy Charter School Political Science K-12 126

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Kirk: Among the top reasons: concerns about political agendas and professors and administrators pushing what critics call woke culture. No matter your political views, this is a crisis for American higher education, and its leaders are definitely paying attention. Jon: Katherine Cramer teaches political science at Wisconsin.

Civics 88

Civics Cultures Political Science American History 88