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How online classes, which held the promise of making higher education cheaper, have somehow ended up costing the same as or more than in-person college. tinyurl.com/mrwe3jrp @hechingerreport
Online college courses are popular, why do they still cost so much?
Most Americans think online courses should be cheaper than in-person college classes, but most online programs cost the same or more.
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How colleges are redoubling efforts to convince students that the best way to get a job is with a degree in the humanities. tinyurl.com/55hr2mnj @hechingerreport.org
How some universities are trying to revive the humanities
To reverse an existential crisis in humanities enrollment, a handful of universities are trying to prove that majoring in the humanities can lead to good jobs at high pay.
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Apprenticeships are a hot way to get a job without going to college. Trouble is, there aren't enough of them to meet demand. tinyurl.com/4xuc8ekx @hechingerreport.org
Politicians love apprenticeships. Employers have been slow to offer them.
More people are lining up for apprenticeships than there are employers to provide them
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Rural colleges and universities continue to cut dozens of majors, leaving rural students with far fewer choices than urban and suburban students get. tinyurl.com/56uas5vx @hechingerreport.org @opencampus.bsky.social
‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors - The Hechinger Report
Rural Americans already have less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Now the comparatively few universities serving rural students are cutting large numbers of programs and ...
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College Uncovered: What Comes Next on Campus?
College Uncovered: What Comes Next on Campus? - The Hechinger Report
Throughout the election campaign, Donald Trump railed against colleges and universities for being too expensive, too partisan and too woke. “Colleges have gotten hundreds of billions of dollars from...
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