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.
The hidden risk in off-campus housing costs
As rents rise, living off-campus doesn’t always mean lower expenses
HBCUs open their doors wider to international students
The colleges are bringing in foreign students to give their campuses more international flavor, and help with the bottom line
To help first-generation students succeed, colleges enlist their parents
1 in 3 first-generation students quits college within three years. Can colleges boost grad rates by building relationships with students’ parents?
A few universities help black and Hispanic students reach and finish graduate school
The ranks of such students, who are stymied by cost and inexperience, remain low
OPINION: Why every English teacher should assign Toni Morrison
Through her works, we come to know ourselves and our country better
High school graduation rates for one important group are starting to get better
How an ambitious plan to help Hispanics get ready for college is making early inroads
El porcentaje de graduados en un grupo importante está comenzando a mejorar.
Cómo un ambicioso plan para ayudar a hispanos a prepararse para la universidad está ya logrando éxito
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COLUMN: We are a nation of migrants, not a collection of diplomas
The rush to embrace only highly educated immigrants reveals our classist elitism
Already stretched grad students rebel against rising and often surreptitious fees
Universities seeking revenue levy “academic excellence” and other non-tuition charges