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The Hechinger Report has been reporting on and talking ([link removed]) a lot about waning interest in college, and as fall nears we bring you a story (co-published with the Washington Post) about the latest threat to enrollment: so-called “summer melt.” ([link removed]) Too often, students who enroll in college fail to show up in classrooms and on campuses when school starts. Counselors are working hard to reverse the trend with odds that can be daunting: In one city in Pennsylvania, 43 percent of students who said they’d go to college didn’t show up last fall.

We know that fear of debt can be part of the equation, so I also hope you’ll read our story ([link removed]) (co-published with Wired) about the declining number of schools offering income-share agreements, or ISAs, which help students pay for college in exchange for a share of their future earnings. Also, take a look at the latest research ([link removed]) on the worth of a college degree, along with opinions on improving the teacher profession, ([link removed]) investing in community schools ([link removed]) and understanding mastery-based learning.
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** How higher education lost its shine ([link removed])
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Americans are rejecting college in record numbers, but the reasons may not be what you think.
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** ‘Summer melt’ was bad during the pandemic, and experts fear it could get even worse ([link removed])
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In one city, 43 percent of kids who said they’d go to college didn’t show up in the fall. Counselors are working to reverse the trend.



** OPINION: Still skeptical about mastery-based learning? Here’s a better way of looking at what it is and does ([link removed])
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There are many ways to overcome the obstacles and face the objections raised by critics.



** OPINION: Community schools promote equity: We need more of them ([link removed])
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Additional education funding is a step in the right direction, but there is far more that must be done.



** PROOF POINTS: Payoff for state flagships is 10 percent larger than published data indicate ([link removed])
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Out-of-state jobs lure graduates and understate value of elite institutions.


** OPINION: There are lots of bad ideas for solving the teacher shortage, but not enough for improving the profession ([link removed])
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Let’s stop making matters worse and try to do more to keep US teachers in the classroom.
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