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University of Illinois student Jacob Harris watches a remote lecture on his phone in the Illini Union Ballroom on November 6, 2020, in Urbana, IL.
Charles (Stretch) Ledford

DATA POINTS

2021-22 ALMANAC DATA HIGHLIGHTS

August 15, 2021

How has the drop in international students affected the economy? Who would benefit from the federal government’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student-loan debt per person? How have community-college students fared during the pandemic? The data points section, which examines this year in higher education, offers a look at where things stand.

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How has the drop in international students affected the economy? Who would benefit from the federal government’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student-loan debt per person? How have community-college students fared during the pandemic? The data points section, which examines this year in higher education, offers a look at where things stand.

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Equity
The Unequal Costs of the Digital Divide
By Audrey Williams June October 5, 2020
The pivot online has been expensive for some of the most vulnerable students. Here’s a look at the numbers.
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For Community-College Students, It’s Been a Tough Year
By Audrey Williams June March 25, 2021
Access to child care, financial struggles, and lack of internet access were among the issues students faced last fall.
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International Students
The Number of International Students Is Shrinking. Here’s How That’s Affecting the Economy.
By Audrey Williams June December 1, 2020
When international students didn’t show up at U.S. colleges in 2019-20, their contributions to the American economy fell by $1.8 billion, and more than 42,000 jobs created or supported by their spending were lost.
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How Higher Ed Helped Flip 5 States in the 2020 Election
By Audrey Williams June, Jacquelyn Elias November 15, 2020
Trump won more counties that had colleges in them, but Biden took a greater number of votes from those counties.
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Students
Biden Wants to Forgive $10,000 in Student-Loan Debt. Here’s Who Would Benefit.
By Jacquelyn Elias January 14, 2021
The policy would wipe out the federal student-loan debt of a third of borrowers.

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