National Public Radio Archives - The Hechinger Report

This story originally ran in 2018 and has been updated to reflect the three years of the pandemic, sharp declines in college enrollment, passage of the federal infrastructure plan and the changing U.S. economy, which is prompting more people to go straight into the workforce. Data and statistics are the most recent available, and new […]

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Some people going into the trades wonder why their classmates stick with college

A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

Momentum builds for helping students adapt to college by nixing freshman grades

The unasked question about the student loan bailout: What’s colleges’ responsibility?

A handful of colleges are finally providing training in a way consumers want it: fast

A surprise for America’s many career switchers: They need to go back to school

Colleges are withholding transcripts and degrees from millions over unpaid bills

How one small college exemplifies higher education’s problems and potential solutions

The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college