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OPINION: The low-cost steps the government could take right now to ease hunger and homelessness on college campuses

The Hechinger Report

Food and housing insecurity among college students isn’t new, but it has been exacerbated by the pandemic and accompanying economic calamity. With our country poised for years of high unemployment and stagnation, our system of higher education must address this food and housing crisis without further delay.

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College ‘Deserts’ Disproportionately Deter Black and Hispanic Students from Higher Ed

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The results are particularly important at a time when more colleges are struggling to remain open , says Riley Acton, an assistant professor of economics at Miami University in Ohio and one of the researchers who worked on the new study. “If I said, ‘This is bananas. This is not how it works.’”

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OPINION: Why school ratings can backfire

The Hechinger Report

We already have good evidence that school and college rankings can distort normal educational processes , reinforcing social hierarchies that govern who enrolls in a school , how those students are treated and what happens to them thereafter. Even “global authorities” can screw up! The correlation is r = -.68

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How one country with close parallels to the United States has made college free

The Hechinger Report

SANTIAGO, Chile — So poor was the education she received at her public high school, Pilar Vega Martinez had to take an extra year to study for the Prueba de Selección Universitaria — the Chilean version of the SAT. And thanks to an important change in government policy, life got easier after that: She didn’t have to pay.

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OPINION: The crisis in black student debt was dire before coronavirus — now it’s more urgent than ever

The Hechinger Report

So, as Congress considers how to respond to this deepening public health and economic disaster, it must take into account the pain that’s being acutely felt by black Americans. How higher-ed policy exacerbates this crisis. State higher-education policy isn’t helping matters. And that was before the coronavirus crisis.

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Elevating Youth Voice in Learner-Centered School Quality Systems

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As education leaders continue to engage in conversations on transforming assessment and accountability for our nation, they must prioritize elevating voices excluded from past education change efforts, including voices of young learners, especially those from communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.

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Many certificate programs don’t pay off, but colleges want to keep offering them anyway

The Hechinger Report

The analysis used data from 2015, the latest available at the time, though more recent government statistics produce a similar conclusion. It’s encouraging institutions to make better programs,” said Eddy Conroy, senior adviser in education policy at the left-leaning think tank New America. “If