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Mikhail Zinshteyn

Mikhail Zinshteyn contributes regularly to The Atlantic. His writing about education has also appeared in FiveThirtyEight, The National Journal, CityLab and other outlets. Born in the Soviet Union, Zinshteyn grew up in Los Angeles, completed his bachelor's degree at Union College, and earned his master's at the London School of Economics.

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Achievement gap closed, one chancellor asks, “Why aren’t we all doing this?”

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 27, 2019April 8, 2021

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Amarachi Orakwue felt stifled during high school in Minnesota, having immigrated to the United States from Nigeria in 2010. She “stuck out like a sore thumb,” she said, as one of the few students of color in class. This story also appeared in The Washington Post “I never thought about the concept […]

Education at Work
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A new way of helping students pay for college: Give them corporate jobs

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 12, 2019April 8, 2021
tuition free college
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Sometimes politicians’ lofty promises of free college are too good to be true

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn May 10, 2019April 8, 2021
federal student loan limits
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Some experts have a new idea to help students afford college: more federal loans

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn April 12, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Race and Equity, Solutions

Professor hopes his quickie calculator will show low-income students they can afford a selective college

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn February 9, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News

Tuition cooperatives: a new idea to tempt colleges to give discounts

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn February 6, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

How do they do it? A few wealthy private colleges have found ways to serve many needy students without jeopardizing their financial health

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn January 24, 2017June 7, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

Who benefits from New York’s free college plan?

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn January 6, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

New Poll: College grads unhappy with the career services they’re getting

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn December 13, 2016April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Race and Equity

Colleges face a new reality, as the number of high school graduates will decline

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn December 6, 2016April 8, 2021

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