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Education Jan 19

How the pandemic is impacting college students’ mental health

By Hari Sreenivasan, Jason Kane, Alison Thoet

Education Jan 19

‘It’s just too much’: Why some students are abandoning community colleges

Fall enrollment at community colleges was down 10 percent from a year earlier, according to National Student Clearinghouse data.

By Lawrence Lanahan, The Hechinger Report

Nation Jan 12

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How the pandemic highlights racial disparities in higher education

Typically during a recession, community college enrollment goes up as unemployed workers start looking for new skills. But that’s not happening this time around, signaling trouble for the economy and individual families going forward, particularly for lower-income students and students…

By Hari Sreenivasan, Jason Kane

Education Jan 01

The average American could expect to live 78.6 years, down from 78.7 years in 2016, according to the report from the National Center for Health Statistics. Photo by Carlo107/Getty Images
How long-term online learning in pandemic may affect college students’ well-being

Students are still struggling to find spaces in their homes to work, dealing with financial and health crises, and homeschooling their own children or siblings.

By Lilah Burke, Inside Higher Education

Education Dec 29

For some colleges, COVID-19 ‘accelerated innovation’ in how to adapt

The pandemic has accelerated innovation in an industry that’s usually slow to change.

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

Dec 29

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How the pandemic is shaking up college admissions and testing

By William Brangham

With many college admissions testing sites closing down during the pandemic, as many as 50 percent of early applications arrived without any test scores this year. That's resulted in some top-ranked schools seeing a surge in applications, but elsewhere, application…

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Aug 11

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College towns weigh benefits of students’ return with virus risks

By John Yang

As the new academic year gets underway, college students, parents, administrators and faculty are deliberating over whether it will be safe to hold in-person classes and resume dorm life. And residents of the surrounding towns and cities worry about the…

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Aug 11

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Parents and students reevaluate college costs amid virtual learning

For higher education, the pandemic has forced major questions about affordability and cost into the spotlight. Both students and parents are hesitant to spend tens of thousands of dollars on classes taken via video, and many feel that the loss…

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Aug 04

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This college lowered tuition due to the pandemic — and plans not to raise it again

By Hari Sreenivasan, Cat Wise

U.S. colleges have struggled with how to conduct the upcoming academic year amid the coronavirus pandemic. With many schools deciding to offer only remote classes but still charging full tuition, the pandemic has added a new urgency to questions about…

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Jul 31

Jobless college students are being given summer jobs to mentor younger peers

By Charlotte West, The Hechinger Report

With their summer jobs and internships canceled and anxiety about getting Covid-19 — or just succumbing to boredom — college students have found one type of work that they largely can do at home this summer: mentoring younger students to…

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