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. See all our Special Reports
OPINION: Embracing the uncertain, scary future — with a liberal arts degree
Preparing for the 22nd century?
OPINION: Arne Duncan, the fallible narrator
Aaron Pallas weighs in on Arne Duncan's "How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation’s Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education"
OPINION: What white students still need to understand about white supremacy, a year after Charlottesville
Racially charged conversations worth having
Too little aid for low-income STEM majors?
With an extra financial-aid boost, low-income students more likely to study science, technology, engineering or math, study finds
Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors
Despite tight budgets and high risks, colleges hope niche degrees will spur demand
STUDENT VOICE: ‘Then one day a bomb exploded during my geometry class’
Fleeing Syria to pursue safety, education and a socially just world
Back to school ideas for preschool thru college — and teachers too
Jackie Brenner, 18, practicing yoga in the yard of a family friend’s home in Bryn Mawr, Pa., in July. Through her nonprofit, Piece of Peace, she teaches others…
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Would proposed borrower-defense rules help or harm indebted students?
New federal regulations have been proposed for student borrowers who want debt relief
Reading, writing and arguing: Can a summer of big questions push students to college?
High school students get jump-start studying great books, philosophers
With the new ‘Aim Higher Act,’ House Democrats want states to make community college free
Democrats’ proposed bill contrasts with Republicans’ ‘Prosper Act’ on several issues