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Greetings from San Diego, where three Hechinger Report staffers are listening and learning at the massive ASU+GSV summit ([link removed]) . Along with hearing from an array of celebrity speakers, we are immersed in sessions about the future of education on topics including college admissions ([link removed]) and high-dosage tutoring ([link removed]) to help students catch up post-pandemic.

Various ways to get a college degree (think faster, cheaper, different) are dominating discussions, as is a new trend toward short-term credentials and trade programs – a topic our Olivia Sanchez explores ([link removed]) in depth-this week.

Declining college enrollment is also a big topic, one reason why we bring you a story from Japan ([link removed]) that looks at the dramatic toll of demographic shifts on higher education. And don’t underestimate the power of students to change the way we look at our future: Many are running for school boards on a climate change ([link removed]) platform and a clear vision for the world they want to live in.

As always, we want to hear what’s on your mind as well. And please remind those who care about education to sign up for ([link removed]) our newsletters and become a member.

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** Trade programs — unlike other areas of higher education — are in hot demand ([link removed])
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Many young people choose to pursue short-term credentials over traditional college because they see them as a quicker and a more affordable path to a good job
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** States were adding lessons about Native American history. Then came the anti-CRT movement ([link removed])
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In South Dakota, Oklahoma and elsewhere, educators worry new efforts to teach Native American studies could be undermined by legislation to restrict discussion of race and ethnicity



** COLUMN: How student school board members are driving climate action ([link removed])
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‘The difference is, you have a vote’



** In Japan, plummeting university enrollment forecasts what’s ahead for the U.S. ([link removed])
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Japan’s experience portends college closings, falling selectivity and slower economic growth



** PROOF POINTS: No-limits borrowing for graduate school pushed prices up for all ([link removed])
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Texas study finds no benefits from federal policy meant to increase grad-school access and degrees



** Native communities want schools to teach Native languages. Now the White House is voicing support ([link removed])
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Between 67 and 100 percent of Indigenous languages in the U.S., Canada and Australia will disappear within three generations, one analysis says



** OPINION: Black male teachers were my father figures. They changed my life, and we need more of them ([link removed])
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We must do a better job recruiting teachers who reflect the diversity of their students



** STUDENT VOICES: ‘Dreamers’ like us need our own resource centers on college campuses ([link removed])
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The best way to support undocumented students is to give them a place of their own for support
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