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PolitiFact · 29d

Sen. Ruben Gallego is mostly right: American men trail women in higher education at historic levels

Data from 2020 graduates shows that for women, the four-year degree completion rate is 53.7%, and for men, it’s 43.4%. We rate this claim Mostly True.
Icon for www.washingtonexaminer.comWashington Examiner · 28d

Higher education funding should prioritize Americans

The problem, however, is that the first purpose of American higher education, along with truth-seeking and the dissemination of knowledge, is to educate Americans. As with immigration ...
Icon for www.nytimes.comThe New York Times · 29d

Producing Something This Stupid Is the Achievement of a Lifetime

Andreas Schleicher, the head of education and skills at the O.E.C.D., told The Financial Times, “Thirty percent of Americans read at a level that you would expect from a 10-year-old child.”
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California ranks low in the percentage of total personal income spent on education

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Income, and National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. Black line in chart signifies national average excluding California. Comparing K-12 expenditures to the total income of its residents m ...
Icon for www.insidehighered.comInside Higher Ed · Oct 24, 2024

The 2017 Survey of Admissions Directors: Pressure All Around

Asked if American colleges have become too dependent "on international students from a few countries, such as China and India," 53 percent of private admissions directors said that was the case. Only 39 percent in public higher education shared that view.