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As states drop degree requirements, does a 4-year diploma’s value change?

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Listen to the article 9 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. In March 2022, then-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan unveiled a “first-in-the-nation” program rolling back degree requirements for thousands of government jobs.  The move was part of an effort to fill a large number of position vacancies. Since then, … Read more

High school senior FAFSA submissions drop almost 57% year over year, NCAN finds

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Dive Brief:  Roughly 676,000 high school seniors submitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid through late January, fewer than half the number who had sent in the form by the same time last year, according to an analysis from the National College Attainment Network.  The decline comes during — and presumably because of — … Read more