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The Hechinger Report

Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

Category: 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.

‘It’s just too much’: Why students are abandoning community colleges in droves

by Lawrence Lanahan January 15, 2021January 16, 2021

Kamarree Williams had been on a path to college since before he learned long division. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour A 2020 high school graduate from Marin City, California, Williams had entered an after-school college prep program, Bridge the Gap, when he was in third grade. During high school, he took dual enrollment […]

Do income-based repayment plans drive young borrowers of color deeper into debt?

by Meredith Kolodner January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

OPINION: Reclaiming the role of the humanities in our democracy

by Loni Bordoloi Pazich, Tamara Mann Tweel and Annie W. Bezbatchenko January 14, 2021January 13, 2021

OPINION: Nothing can replace relationships between students and advisers, but some tools make a big difference

by Jonathan S. Lewis January 13, 2021January 11, 2021

COLUMN: As Betsy DeVos steps down, critics hope it is time to put the public back in public education

by Liz Willen January 8, 2021January 11, 2021

More colleges and universities outsource services to for-profit companies

by Jon Marcus January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

OPINION: Confused and angry, young teachers seek guidance on discussing current events with students

by Jennifer Rich January 7, 2021January 7, 2021

While many colleges are making big cuts, a few opt for permanent transformation

by Jon Marcus December 29, 2020December 29, 2020

Shopping for a major? Detailed salary info shows which majors pay off

by Jon Marcus December 25, 2020December 22, 2020

She has ‘the heart of a nurse,’ but can she overcome obstacles to her degree?

by Liz Willen December 24, 2020December 28, 2020

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