Amid demographic shifts and a decline in the number of college-age students, Messina College in Brookline is appealing to one population group that is still growing: Latino students.
“Every six months you need to update your course materials,” said MIT Deputy Dean of academics Asuman Ozdaglar. “You need to introduce new courses because there are new paradigms that emerge within a few months’ time frame.”
People without a high school diploma earn roughly $10,000 less per year than those with one, a gap that adult education programs, which are largely free, are designed to close.
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The cuts, while not exclusive to liberal arts programs, have had a focus in the humanities that don’t necessarily have a guarantee of financial success following graduation. That could make the humanities a luxury product.
Higher education is responding to the Trump administration’s new federal earnings test that determines whether college graduates are making more money than high school graduates.
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New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finds that earning a college degree can still help you keep a job and get higher wages, but it’s less of an advantage than it used to be.
Early data indicates fewer international students have come to the U.S. this fall. If that trend continues, it will be a big deal for colleges, the people who work at them, and for local economies.
