The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A cross-section of a brain scan sits on the desk of Tim Odegard, a professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Related: While white students get specialists, struggling Black and Latino readers often get left on their own That incipient definition characterized a lot of early thinking about dyslexia.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Eventually she declared a major in psychology and a minor in art. It is definitely a financial burden.”. years from all other kinds of institutions, the advocacy group Complete College America says. Now a senior at Chestnut Hill College, Erin Crowley changed her major from psychology to accounting.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s designed for neurodivergent students or those who want to work in fields such as social work, special education or psychology. In part that’s because definitions of neurodivergence vary. This work is also complicated by the fact that it’s virtually impossible to know exactly how many students stand to benefit.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2021

“They don’t have high levels of meaningfulness in their work, which is a terrible outcome for students and their families that spend so much money and time on higher education,” said Belle Liang, a professor of counseling, developmental and educational psychology at BC who helped develop True North.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

Grundwag, who has a master’s degree in counseling psychology, says some preschool teachers may do things that can aggravate students’ misbehavior, such as talking about a student’s conduct in front of the child or speaking loudly and shaming students in front of their peers. I’m definitely more calm. It’s really helpful,” Plumeri said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide. Related: New data show some colleges are definitively unaffordable for many.

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