The high cost of college is changing how high schoolers think about whether or not to go. A new book, “Rethinking College,” argues for changing the narrative around higher education to be more welcoming to gap years, apprenticeships and other alternatives to college at a time where a degree is so expensive that students worry about its value.

How Rising Higher Ed Costs Change Student Choices. (Doubting College, Ep. 6)

In this episode, Ben talks with Dr. Rebecca Konkel, associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee about her long-term success with integrating project-based service-learning in her Spatial Data Analysis & Crime Mapping course, reflecting on the positive impact on student learning and career readiness, as well as the consequential effects of these projects for the Milwaukee organizations they've collaborated with.

Community Engagement Through Data Analytics

UWM Center for Student Experience and Talent

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