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  • The Latest Innovation in Student Retention at Colleges: ‘Food Scholarships'

    November 12, 2019 |

    EdSurge News |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Policymakers and college students and faculty are testing a range of approaches to address food insecurity on campuses. One nonprofit provides small grants to students and professors to cover the cost of food, transportation, or other expenses.

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  • 'First-Gen' Proud: Campuses Are Celebrating An Overlooked Group. But Is That Enough?

    November 08, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    A growing number of colleges are providing "first-gen" resources and networks for students who are the first in their families to attend college. Experts are debating what type of help is most effective.

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  • The Real Cost of Diversifying College Rosters

    November 07, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    The rosters of sports teams at small liberal arts schools are often predominantly white and wealthy. Amherst College in Massachusetts has made a concerted effort to stop recruiting from the same "pay to play" pool and reach more student-athletes of color and student-athletes from different socio-economic backgrounds.

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  • How Cleveland revamped its preschool programs in just five years

    October 31, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    With $14 million in public and private funding, Cleveland transformed its early childhood education offerings in just five years. The partnership called PRE4CLE provided intensive support and funding for staff education and salaries, curricula, classroom supplies, renovations, and more.

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  • Building resiliency an elementary school goal

    October 31, 2019 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Elementary schools in New Hampshire are implementing several programs to help build resiliency in their students and reduce the risk of suicide. One program includes introducing trauma care coordinators, while another encourages students to write letters about their concerns. Both tactics have had positive results, evident through fewer recorded cases of problematic behavioral issues.

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  • University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to charge $100,000 a year

    October 30, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    One way that colleges are able to offer increasing amounts of financial aid is by increasing the full cost for others that can afford to pay. However, studies have found that these strategies are not effectively bringing low-income students to high-cost colleges because they are still seeing a sticker price that appears far out of reach.

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  • These kids look out for one another

    October 18, 2019 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Tilton, New Hampshire

    High school students in Tilton, New Hampshire are learning how to be peer counselors as part of a program that aims to destigimatize the notion of seeking help for mental health concerns. The program, which has been implemented across the U.S. and in several other countries, has been shown to decrease a person's risk of suicide and is now regarded as "a mental-health best practice."

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  • Mental health a daily lesson in schools

    October 17, 2019 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Franklin, New Hampshire

    A middle school in New Hampshire has piloted a program that focuses on dividing the school into different wings and offering classes on "mental wellness, conflict resolution, and healthy ways to communicate" with the goal of better addressing the emotional wellbeing of students. The outcomes have been promising thus far, with students reporting improved effects on their mental health.

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  • Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

    October 10, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    As enrollments decline and finances increasingly pose problems, institutions of higher education are taking a number of creative approaches, chief among them, merging with other schools and accelerating degree program timelines.

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  • For Some Colleges, the Best Move Is to Merge

    October 10, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Over 100 American colleges have merged since 2000. As more colleges look to this method to weather financial strains resulting from declining enrollments, some have navigated the transition better than others and offer lessons about bringing together two distinct faculties and cultures.

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