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  In the US ,  Everything you know about higher education is wrong . Compelling article by Kelly Wilz of the Huffington Post. She argues that, " Everything you know about higher education is wrong" and she writes about the 6 myths in Higher Education that are being perpetuated currently in the United States. 

6 Myths about Choosing a College Major  - NY TIMES-EDUCATION LIFE By Jeffery posted NOV. 3, 2017

The low number of students with disabilities graduating from College is a crisis by Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz from The Hechinger Report  posted 11/15/2017  This article states How better soft skills might boost low college persistence and employment rates. It says that a third of the students with disabilities who enroll in a four-year college or university don't graduate within eight years. For those that enroll in two-year schools, the outcomes aren’t much better: 41 percent, according to federal data. The dismal outcomes aren’t because students with disabilities can’t handle the coursework, the vast majority of special education students can grasp rigorous academic content.  The authors try to explain what can be changed to have better results. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/students-with-disabilities-college_us_5a0602d7e4b05673aa592cb4?section=us_education  

Patriots’ Lawrence Guy tackled learning disabilities to thrive in NFL from the Providence Journal By Mark Daniels  FOXBORO — Lawrence Guy, as a child, struggled with words and numbers. He had trouble reading and retaining information. He had trouble keeping up with his peers. To make it worse, he wasn’t getting the help he needed.Guy’s early memories of school are full of angst. Growing up in Las Vegas, he was placed in special-education classes in elementary and middle school. The teachers didn’t know how to help him there. They thought he was dealing with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), but without the proper testing, no one realized Guy had more hurdles to overcome. “In middle school, they put you in a self-contained class because they didn’t want to deal with it,” Guy said. “Like every kid who has a learning disability, it was difficult. If we had the proper testing, we would’ve taken different measures. It was challenging through elementary and midd

Why The University of Rhode Island?

"The Rising Cost of Not Going to College" http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/02/11/the-rising-cost-of-not-going-to-college/