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Liz Willen Dear reader,

For two types of struggling higher-education institutions, President-elect Joe Biden’s historic inauguration tomorrow will bring something to celebrate. HBCUs will feel a sense of pride when Howard University graduate Kamala Harris becomes vice president, while struggling community colleges ([link removed]) hope for a boost with a new first lady ([link removed]) (and community college professor) entering the White House. “In times like these, HBCUs are uniquely equipped to train new leaders for a nation grappling with a pandemic of racism,” Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough writes. ([link removed])

The coronavirus pandemic, meanwhile, has created steep enrollment drops for colleges and universities. But while enrollment in higher education overall fell 2.5 percent in the fall, the decline among men was more than seven times as steep as the decline among women, prompting fears that we are losing a generation of men ([link removed]) . At the same time, young student borrowers are struggling to cover the interest on their student loans ([link removed]) . And there are new worries that the littlest learners, particularly Black children and those from low-income families, are spending too much time in front of screens. ([link removed]) These are among some of the
stories we bring you this week at The Hechinger Report — please send us your reactions and ideas.

Liz Willen, Editor
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Main Idea


** ‘It’s just too much’: Why students are abandoning community colleges in droves ([link removed])
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With first-time enrollment down 21 percent, two-year colleges face an existential question: Will students return?
Reading List


** OPINION: The Biden administration has a real chance to boost early childhood education ([link removed])
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The pandemic created an urgent need for better, more affordable child care that can help families and strengthen the economy.



** The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college ([link removed])
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The decline in enrollment has been seven times as steep among men as among women.



** OPINION: Why it’s time for a new generation of HBCU grads to become national leaders ([link removed])
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Inauguration of Kamala Harris as vice president this week heralds a big moment for Black colleges.



** PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users ([link removed])
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Screentime higher among Black, low-income and hyperactive children.


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Last week was tough, teachers say. But it wasn’t the first difficult ‘day after’ they’ve faced ([link removed])
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Teachers reflect on five events — from 9/11 to the Capitol attack — and the ensuing classroom conversations that have shaped their careers.


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Do income-based repayment plans drive young borrowers of color deeper into debt? ([link removed])
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New research finds that students of color who borrow get hit harder than others by rising interest rates.


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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons ([link removed])
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Basic digital literacy and project-based learning are strategies that helped refugee students adjust seamlessly to online school in a pandemic.


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OPINION: Reclaiming the role of the humanities in our democracy ([link removed])
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Often treated as a luxury today, the humanities are actually a necessary means to reckon with our desperate state of affairs.



** OPINION: A U.S. history teacher scrambles to explain unprecedented attacks and desecration of democracy ([link removed])
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Educators must ‘make and model good, conscious choices about what we believe.’
Solutions
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