Higher Education
Even as policymakers push to increase the proportion of Americans with degrees, university and college students and their families contend with ever-rising costs and debt, low success rates, and growing concern about equal access to a higher education. We cover the causes of these problems, and the innovations being tried to solve them.
As college enrollment falls, recruiters descend on a state that still has lots of applicants
Institutions that are running out of students look to a place that has more than it can handle
COLUMN: Testing abuses, legacy preferences and bad parent behavior all influence who gets into college: What must change?
Seeking a road ahead for equality in higher education
Thousands of students cross the U.S.-Mexico border every day to go to college
Though many are U.S. citizens, they are still getting caught up in the anti-immigration climate
COLUMN: The paradox of working while in college
Work interferes with studies but boosts adult earnings, researchers say
One surprising barrier to college success: Dense higher education lingo
Some efforts are beginning to translate complex academic jargon into plain language
A new way of helping students pay for college: Give them corporate jobs
Some undergrads are answering customer service calls for Microsoft, Discover
Rural students often go unnoticed by colleges. Can virtual counseling put them on the map?
In rural high schools, college guidance is often inadequate or non-existent. But new programs are popping up to help
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Universities try to catch up to their growing Latinx populations
Like many U.S. colleges, Indiana University Northwest is seeing a sharp rise in Latinx students — but support for them is lagging
Universities that are recruiting older students often leave them floundering
Students 25 and older juggle jobs, kids and bills without support many say they need
A Game of College: Can you get into college and finish a degree without taking on too much debt?
It’s your junior year of high school. You want to go to college. You've heard your salary can be a lot higher if you have a bachelor's degree, but getting into a good school is difficult and finishing college is even harder. Do you know what it takes to find the right school, pay for it, declare your major and graduate on time?