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Most college students are taking online classes, but they’re paying just as much as in-person students

The Hechinger Report

Bringing down the price of a degree was certainly a key part of the appeal when online higher education began, said Richard Garrett, co-director of that survey of online education managers and chief research officer at Eduventures, an arm of the higher education technology consulting company Encoura. Make them cheaper.

Economics 111
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Do Online Degrees Lead to Jobs as Reliably as Traditional Ones?

ED Surge

In contrast, Coleman argued that social capital is a powerful force that activates class mobility, with students leaping over the economic divide, some waking up transformed by the American Dream after college. Will they be set free to overturn barriers imposed by their social and economic status?

Tradition 129
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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

However, as industry and technology have evolved rapidly, inadequate higher education funding and rising costs due to inflation have affected higher education’s responsiveness. Arrington, in 1860 the economic value of enslaved peoples in the U.S. According to historian Benjamin T. Herein lies the dilemma.

Education 142
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How Creative Technology Can Help Students Take on the Future

ED Surge

Johnsrud: Educators can stay informed about future workforce trends, including emerging jobs and highly sought-after skills. School leaders are increasingly turning to organizations like the World Economic Forum and analyzing data on the most in-demand skills for the next five years. How is AI changing teaching and learning strategies?

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What Schools Miss When They’re Missing Relationship Data

ED Surge

Earlier this month, a new study in Nature revealed a key predictor of economic mobility: connectedness. The analysis also yielded a new species of school-level data, charting the degree of economic connectedness within individual high schools and colleges across the country.

Economics 139
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Elevating Youth Voice in Learner-Centered School Quality Systems

ED Surge

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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The Metaverse Is Built on University Innovation. Higher Ed Should Stake Its Claim.

ED Surge

But taking money from Meta to build campus-specific metaverses is just the latest in higher education’s grand tradition of letting others profit off its inventions. And more to the point, it would replicate a mistake whose consequences are still leaving scars across the landscape of higher education.

Economics 143