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Some colleges start to confront a surprising reason students fail: Too many choices

The Hechinger Report

It doesn’t follow from that that more choice is always better,” said Barry Schwartz, professor of social theory and social action at Swarthmore College and the author of “The Paradox of Choice,” about the psychological ramifications of a supermarket culture that offers 175 kinds of salad dressings and 275 breakfast cereals.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Morales ended up enrolling at the University of Puerto Rico, where she finished in December with a degree in political science. They also drive a frenzy elsewhere of practice tests, tutoring and other strategies to gain advantage in the competition for admission that’s largely absent from the public high schools here.

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College Uncovered: DEI Backlash

The Hechinger Report

College campuses have become battlegrounds in America’s culture wars, with diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the center of the debate. UNC student Preston Hill is a sophomore studying journalism and political science. I just don’t like their politics. Kirk] Across campus, others see the issue very differently.