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.
COLUMN: Michael Bloomberg unveils ‘progressive’ higher education plan
Free college and a call for eliminating legacy admissions stand apart from his K-12 legacy
Trump’s budget would slash support for low-income students
Budget proposal unlikely to pass, but indicates an outlook on higher education
Longer road to the B.A. for many black students
New study shows black students, on average, spend a year longer in college than whites
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