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Is Journalism Dead? Gray Data Reveals Some Interesting Facts
16Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Is Journalism Dead? Gray Data Reveals Some Interesting Facts

Is Journalism Dead? Gray Data Reveals Some Interesting Facts“The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated,” Mark Twain   Competition in Journalism   Journalism is the 40th largest program in the country, with over 11,000 students completing the program in 2019.  International students show a great interest in journalism programs as well, putting journalism in the top 4% of international web page views.  However, competition for these students, as well as the job market, indicate a bleaker picture.  For all award levels, completions fell 11.5% and the number of programs fell 2.5% from 2014 - 2019.     Journalism Keyword Searches   Our data shows that in April, Google keyword searches for journalism programs decreased 15% year-over-year.  Student interest had grown for nine months before...
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The rapid creation of possibly the coolest new high school in America
16Jun By EditorNo Comments
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The rapid creation of possibly the coolest new high school in America

The rapid creation of possibly the coolest new high school in AmericaIt started a few months ago, when a friend asked Austin Beutner, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, if he wanted to open a new public high school. He wasn’t asking for himself but, rather, on behalf of Andre Young, better known as Dr. Dre, and Jimmy Iovine. Published at Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:00:35 +0000 Article source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/14/the-creation-of-possibly-the-coolest-new-highschool-in-america/
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16Jun By EditorNo Comments
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US College Admission and “Crazy Rich” Chinese

US College Admission and “Crazy Rich” ChineseIn reading NACAC’s spring Journal article, “History of Chinese Student Mobility and Today’s Trends,” I was struck by some of the differences in my experiences and observations working with Chinese families, who by law are not permitted to attend international schools. Working on the ground in China gave me a lot of insight about why Chinese families choose the US for their child’s education. In 2009, when I was first working in China, it quickly became clear that many Chinese love Americans and everything American—food, music, clothes, education…. For the next five years, I consulted with a small Chinese company that sought to bring the US AP curriculum into their public schools. We traveled all over China to meet with Chinese families, from Be...
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Professor: Why I teach the much-debated 1619 Project — despite its flaws
15Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Professor: Why I teach the much-debated 1619 Project — despite its flaws

Professor: Why I teach the much-debated 1619 Project — despite its flawsThese are gruesome details, but they are the sorts of details largely missing from the collective consciousness of the United States when it comes to slavery. More, they are details that can be related to conditions still shaping the lives of African Americans. For example, in her 1619 essay on medical inequality, Linda Villarosa cites studies indicating that myths about Black people, such as their resistance to pain, continue to influence modern medical education, resulting in inadequate pain management of Black and Hispanic people compared with White people. Published at Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:37:47 +0000 Article source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/14/professor-why-i-teach-controversial-1619-pr...
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15Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Ultimate Guide to College Grants and Scholarships for Minorities

Ultimate Guide to College Grants and Scholarships for MinoritiesScholarships and grants are a valuable tool for students who need funds to pay for college. These programs typically have criteria that consider your background and interests. One major category of gift awards is minority scholarships and grants. Minorities are groups that have historically faced societal disadvantages or challenges due to factors including: ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. Students whose backgrounds qualify them for these awards can access financial assistance that they don’t need to pay back. Like all scholarships, minority scholarships will usually have additional merit or need based criteria for selection. Minority scholarships are offered by colleges, private organizations ...
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15Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids? Get important education news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox In 2013, families at a Seattle high school raked in more than $100,000 for a raffle to win a Tesla Model S. The year before, the parent teacher association at Garfield High cleared $40,000 in raffle tickets for a Nissan Leaf. Other schools in this tech-boom city rely on lavish galas to raise as much as $422,000 in a single night, and some spend almost as much as they haul in. During the pandemic, parents at the John Stanford International School spent $249,999 — one dollar less than the school district allows before the board steps in to review such spending — on teaching assistants for a dual language program...
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A Fading Coal County Bets on Schools, but There’s One Big Hitch
15Jun By EditorNo Comments
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A Fading Coal County Bets on Schools, but There’s One Big Hitch

A Fading Coal County Bets on Schools, but There’s One Big Hitch“I hear it from kids all the time: I want to get out of here,” said Kristin Johnson, a 24-year-old middle school teacher at Mount View who lives in Princeton, W.Va., about an hour’s drive away, and is itching for a teacher job to open there. “Those who do get an education know they can make more money somewhere else.” Ms. Keys returned, in part, out of loyalty. “When I was in high school, we started losing a lot of teachers,” she said. “People feared there would be nobody there to take those jobs.” But a stable teaching job, as well as free housing at her grandmother’s old house, played into her calculations. This may not be enough to hold her, though. Even dating locally is complicated. Her boyfriend lives over an hour away, o...
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Combining Online Courses With In-Person Supports, ‘Hybrid Colleges’ Unite
15Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Combining Online Courses With In-Person Supports, ‘Hybrid Colleges’ Unite

Combining Online Courses With In-Person Supports, ‘Hybrid Colleges’ Unite Over the past decade, brick-and-mortar outposts have popped up across the U.S. to offer students who take online college courses a physical space to study and interact. In Denver, there’s a suite in an office complex. In Austin, there’s an airy hall that resembles a co-working facility. In Philadelphia, there’s room in a modern high-rise. Calling themselves “hybrid colleges,” these mini campus centers have set big goals for themselves, such as bringing college within reach for people historically left out of higher education. Now, more than a dozen of these nonprofits are strengthening their bonds and committing to shared goals by creating the Hybrid College Network. “The network is incredibly collaborative. They’re ...
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3 Questions for Ted Cross, Associate Dean and Academic Program Director at Western Governors University
14Jun By EditorNo Comments
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3 Questions for Ted Cross, Associate Dean and Academic Program Director at Western Governors University

3 Questions for Ted Cross, Associate Dean and Academic Program Director at Western Governors UniversityDr. Ted Cross is the Associate Dean and Academic Program Director at Western Governors University. Ted reached out to me after I wrote about my daughter’s boyfriend’s $84K master’s loan offer, letting me know that WGU is doing things a bit differently. Intrigued, I asked Ted if he’d be willing to answer some of my questions - and he graciously agreed. Q1: What does it cost to get a master’s from WGU? Why is the cost so much lower than almost everyone else?  The average WGU College of Business graduate student finishes in about 18-months at a cost of around $13,000. There are several reasons WGU can offer quality master’s degrees at an affordable price. WGU is 100% online and doesn’t have ...
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NACAC View: Bans on Critical Race Theory are Harmful to Students and Educators
14Jun By EditorNo Comments
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NACAC View: Bans on Critical Race Theory are Harmful to Students and Educators

NACAC View: Bans on Critical Race Theory are Harmful to Students and Educators iStockBy Crystal E. Newby and David A. Hawkins To say race relations in the United States have been tumultuous over the last year is an understatement. Many Americans and individuals worldwide watched the horrific footage of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in May 2020. And although one of his killers has since been convicted and jailed, we continue to watch the loved ones of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor fight for justice. It seems like every day there is an incident in the news where a Black student is forced to cut their hair to compete in a sporting event or to walk in their high school graduation ceremony. There have even been instances when white educators made derogatory remarks toward...
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14Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Ultimate Guide to College Grants and Scholarships for Minorities

Ultimate Guide to College Grants and Scholarships for MinoritiesScholarships and grants are a valuable tool for students who need funds to pay for college. These programs typically have criteria that consider your background and interests. One major category of gift awards is minority scholarships and grants. Minorities are groups that have historically faced societal disadvantages or challenges due to factors including: ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. Students whose backgrounds qualify them for these awards can access financial assistance that they don’t need to pay back. Like all scholarships, minority scholarships will usually have additional merit or need based criteria for selection. Minority scholarships are offered by colleges, private organizations ...
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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?
13Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?

Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up?From the moment schools shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that many districts were ill-equipped to support their students from afar. They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J. v. California Department of Education, which charges that schools in the state are violating the constitutional rights of children of color by not providing adequate distance education, called out state Departments of Education for failing to provide better WiFi options than visiting a local Taco Bell. It’s time for states to step up and realize that proper technology...
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Harvard Class of 2025 Yield
13Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Harvard Class of 2025 Yield

Harvard Class of 2025 YieldJune 8, 2021 Harvard’s yield soared to a record high for the Class of 2025 (photo credit: Caroline Culler). Harvard University has announced that 85% of students admitted to its Class of 2025 will be matriculating. This marks a record yield for the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based institution. To put the figure in context, for the Class of 2024, 81% of admits chose to matriculate. The previous record high yield was for the Class of 2021 when 84% of admits chose to attend Harvard. And in addition to the 85% of admits to the Class of 2025 who will be on campus next fall, 349 students who opted to take a gap year after earning admission to the Class of 2024 will join them this fall. As Vivi E. Lu and Dekyi T. Tsotsong report for The Harvard Crimson in a piece enti...
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Verda Tetteh Won a $40,000 Scholarship. Then She Gave It Away.
13Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Verda Tetteh Won a $40,000 Scholarship. Then She Gave It Away.

Verda Tetteh Won a $40,000 Scholarship. Then She Gave It Away. For weeks, Verda Tetteh felt qualms about applying for the $40,000 merit scholarship her high school in Fitchburg, Mass., offered graduating students. She was bound for Harvard, which had agreed to pay her tuition and room and board. Her 4.9 G.P.A. had qualified her for other scholarships that would cover college expenses. Still, her guidance counselor urged her to go for it, telling her she had worked hard and deserved the award known as “The General Excellence Prize.” Ms. Tetteh, 17, applied, figuring that the scholarship, which every year goes to one male and one female student selected by a committee of teachers, administrators and guidance counselors, would probably go to someone else. Then, during her graduation cerem...
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Teachers across the country protest laws restricting lessons on racism
12Jun By EditorNo Comments
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Teachers across the country protest laws restricting lessons on racism

Teachers across the country protest laws restricting lessons on racismOn May 24, Tennessee approved a law that intimidates teachers into lying to students about the role of racism, sexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. As a part of a national day of action against similar laws being proposed in states nationwide, we’ll walk downtown Memphis to highlight historical markers that describe events in Memphis history that teachers would be forced to lie or omit facts about to ensure compliance with the new law. Overall, the law brings the state government into our classrooms to restrict the ways teachers can discuss race, sexism, and oppression in American history. The law uses vague language to ban teachers from talking about racial/social privilege and responsibility for the effects ...
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