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Posted inHigher Education

‘Millions upon millions’ in employer-funded education benefits go unused

Avatar photo by Levi Pulkkinen June 21, 2021June 24, 2021

College had always been a goal for Charletta Thomas. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor Thomas didn’t doubt she was smart enough. Her barriers were external — tuition and time. She’d married not long after graduating from high school in 1981, had three children soon after that, and then gone to work […]

Posted inHigher Education

Foreign tech workers are getting fed up. Can better education for U.S. students fill the gap?

Avatar photo by Levi Pulkkinen June 17, 2021June 18, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School, Higher Education, News, The Dropout Problem

For millions of college dropouts, second chances prove difficult

by Emily Hanford December 5, 2011March 30, 2020
Posted inNews

Jobless dropouts head back to school for basic skills

by Christopher Connell April 16, 2010March 30, 2020
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