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EdChoice vouchers boost college-going and degrees -- but not test scores
Ohio's EdChoice vouchers are under legal attack: A new study says they help disadvantaged students.

Joanne Jacobs
May 92 min read
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If AI is doing all the thinking, what's college for?
If a bot does the work for your college degree, the bot will get the job.

Joanne Jacobs
May 83 min read
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Disgruntled graduates: 36% say college was 'a waste of time and money'
College graduates are questioning the workforce value of their degrees: Half of Gen Z grads see college as a "waste of time and money."

Joanne Jacobs
May 32 min read
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College students don't spend much time studying
College students don't spend much time studying or working for pay, but expect high grades for little effort.

Joanne Jacobs
May 21 min read
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Advanced math -- AP Calculus or AP Statistics -- leads to higher pay
AP Statistics students earn almost as much as AP Calculus students eight years after college.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 303 min read
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As 'career tech for all' spreads, Alabama offers a 'workforce diploma'
Alabama's new "workforce" diploma will prepare graduates for jobs or community college, but not for selective universities.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 292 min read
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If manufacturing booms, will we have enough job-ready workers?
If the U.S. rebuilds it manufacturing base, can it also rebuild the pipeline of skilled workers?

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 292 min read
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Is college worth it? Young males are opting out
Young Americans -- especially males -- see college as a high-cost, high-risk choice.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 282 min read
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Hammer drops on student loan defaulters: No delays, no mercy
After five years of deferrals and loan forgiveness, the federal government wants student borrowers to pay what they owe.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 242 min read
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The college admissions essay is absurd, unfair and cringe
The college essay favors students who know how to exaggerate their adversity and fake humility.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 62 min read
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Colleges can admit 'diverse' students without racial preferences
Universities can enhance diversity by giving an admissions break to disadvantaged students of all races. It's legal and it's good politics.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 22 min read
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1460+ (SAT) or 33+ (ACT) and you're in at U of Austin
The University of Austin will guarantee admissions to students with very high test scores.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 12 min read
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At an average university, the average student is 'functionally illiterate'
College students can't read well and don't try, writes a philosophy professor.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 313 min read
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Academia tilts very far to the left: Restoring balance won't be easy
Renaming DEI departments and ending diversity statements won't fix academia's intellectual monoculture.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 242 min read
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DEI double take
Columbia researchers say they're losing federal grants for DEI language that they were required to add by the Biden administration.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 232 min read
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Covid broke public schools: Let's build a 'future-ready' system
Education's "new normal" is horrifying. Let's build a new education system out of the ashes.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 172 min read
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College and career success for all
Even college-focused charter schools are urging students to consider a range of career and post-high school options.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 112 min read
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Dear Colleague: Do what the Ed Department wants -- or else
The Education Department has used "guidance" letters to force states, colleges and districts to spend hundreds of millions of dollars.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 43 min read
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Asian-American computer whiz sues UC for admissions bias
The University of California is being sued by Asian-American achievers who charge racial discrimination in admissions.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 231 min read
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'Americans got tired of being ridiculed for values like equality, color-blindness, and responsibility,' and now it's backlash time
The anti-DEI backlash is fierce, because so many people were forced to suppress their real feelings.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 182 min read
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