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Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

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Divided We Learn

Once the way up the socioeconomic ladder in America, higher education may now be deepening the divisions. First-generation, low-income students disproportionately wind up at campuses with the fewest resources; their wealthier counterparts, at the best. And, contradicting public promises, universities are raising their net prices faster for low-income than higher-income students.

social mobility
Posted inNews

Universities that boost the poorest students to wealth are becoming harder to afford

by Matt Krupnick January 17, 2020April 10, 2022
Education financing
Posted inAndre Perry

COLUMN: Education can be the great equalizer, but it isn’t yet

Avatar photo by Andre Perry January 15, 2020June 8, 2020
second language
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

Avatar photo by Laura Pappano November 19, 2019April 8, 2021
college degree
Posted inNews

More students are leaving college without a degree

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow November 8, 2019April 8, 2021
“Canyon Dreams”
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Divided We Learn, From The Editor's Desk, High School Reform, Higher Education, Race and Equity, Solutions, The West

How one Navajo Nation high school is trying to help students see a future that includes college

Avatar photo by Liz Willen November 6, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100,000 a year

Pete D'Amato by Pete D'Amato October 30, 2019June 30, 2021
Posted inNews

Black college students in Illinois get the short end of the financial stick

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow October 25, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

Questioning their fairness, a record number of colleges stop requiring the SAT and ACT

by Alina Tugend October 9, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News, Race and Equity

Hispanic-serving institutions set to lose $100 million

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow September 27, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News

OPINION: Do U.S. colleges reinforce or reduce inequality?

Avatar photo by Justin Snider September 12, 2019March 30, 2020

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