Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change; I am changing the things I cannot accept.” #RealCollege #DaringGreatly
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EconPapers: The Effect of Teachers’ Unions on Student Achievement in the Short Run: Evidence from Wisconsin’s Act 10
By E. Jason Baron; Abstract: This study examines the short-run impact of a weakening of teachers’ unions on student achievement. In 2011, Wisconsin
Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab
Oof - just came across a study of the effects of @ScottWalker ‘s disastrous Act 10. Missed it when it came out. Oh #Wisconsin....
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EconPapers: Moving the classroom to the computer lab: Can online learning with in-person support improve outcomes in community colleges?
By Whitney Kozakowski; Abstract: Colleges are experimenting with integrating technology into the classroom to improve student learning and reduce costs.
Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab
New study finds benefits of “emporium” style of remedial instruction for community college students. #RealCollege
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Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilites
When it comes to higher ed, climates for students with learning disabilities must be improved. A lot has been done but there's more work ahead.
Got Student Loans? We Want to Hear From You.
Whether you owe $1 or $100,000.
'I'm Drowning': Those Hit Hardest By Student Loan Debt Never Finished College
Some of the people struggling the most to pay back their debt are the millions of students who took out student loans but never finished a degree.
Facing $130 million budget cut by Dunleavy, University of Alaska braces for big budget decisions ahead
The UA Board of Regents will meet Monday to decide whether to make the rare, maybe unprecedented declaration of financial exigency, allowing it to more quickly cut expenses.
A more robust college experience
I first became familiar with the idea of something being “transactional” in an economics class. There, it was defined as an exchange of goods or services between parties — the act of doing business. When...
Rutgers signs massive naming-rights deal for football stadium | Here are the exclusive terms
Rutgers won't be called HighPoint.com Stadium anymore after the school signed a lucrative naming-rights deal with a New Jersey-based IT solutions company.
Nonprofit Cancer Funding Shows Signs of Inequality
Breast cancer, leukemia, lymphoma and pediatric cancers were found to be well-funded.
Foes of de Blasio's high school integration plan spent close to $1M to quash it
The Education Equity Campaign is a pro-test coalition which launched in February to counter the mayor's plan.
Activist Fights to Empower Young Change Agents
For Mary-Pat Hector, a 2019 graduate of Spelman College and national youth director for the National Action Network (NAN) since 13 years-old, tackling food inse
Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab
Look who it is— the amazing @MaryPatHector in @DiverseIssues ! ##RealCollege you’ll remember her giving a great igniter talk on our stage last year. You won’t want to miss the talent this year either- register ASAP at RealCollege.org/Convening
diverseeducation.com/article/150147/
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Betsy DeVos Is Getting Sued By Former Students At For-Profit Colleges Over Their Loan Debt | teenvogue
In two major lawsuits, students victimized by deceptive colleges are going after the Secretary of Education.
Faculty group at Alaska's Anchorage campus says Fairbanks should bear brunt of state cuts
Facing unprecedented state cuts, faculty members at one branch of the University of Alaska system assert that another campus should absorb most of the financial pain. Its peers aren't pleased.
Republican activist who ran for Congress: Trump stole my party and my heart is breaking.
Trump has transformed the party of Lincoln into a racist, nationalist movement that divides and destroys. And silent Republicans are letting him do it.
Stephen Miller Keeps His Head Down as His Nativist Dreams Come True
The president’s nationalistic rhetoric and policies on immigration may be ramping up, but one voice is conspicuously absent.
Pennsylvania School District Warns Parents They Could Lose Kids Over Unpaid School Lunches
The district says that it's trying to collect more than $20,000, and that other methods to get parents to pay haven't been successful.
Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab
Someone needs to speak to CHARLES COSLETT.
@fractweets @shaunking @MAZONusa
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'They just saw me as a dollar sign': How some certificate schools profit from vulnerable students
When government turns a blind eye, for-profit certificate programs fail to fulfill promise of a fast path to a new career and leave students in debt
Murray, Brown Call on DeVos, Kraninger to Stop Undermining Consumer Protections for Student Loan Borrowers | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Corequisite Mathematics Remediation: Results Over Time and in Different Contexts - A. W. Logue, Daniel Douglas, Mari Watanabe-Rose, 2019
Traditional mathematics remediation is based on the theory that traditional mathematics remedial courses increase students’ subsequent academic performance. How...