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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.

Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News

Change is on the way for the College Scorecard

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow October 5, 2018April 8, 2021
Ebony McGee, a Vanderbilt University associate professor who studies diversity in education, in her office at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. McGee says black faculty at predominantly white institutions are either ignored or closely scrutinized. “They don’t want to stay in that toxic environment, so they leave.”
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News, Race and Equity, Universities, Inc.

After colleges promised to increase it, hiring of black faculty declined

by Matt Krupnick October 2, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion

OPINION: This war veteran, and adult learner, set an example — in the 16th century

Kelly OtterAvatar photo by Kelly Otter and Pete Wheelan October 2, 2018April 8, 2021
Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. A professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland.
Posted inColumnists

Brett Kavanaugh’s character cannot be found in his résumé

Avatar photo by Andre Perry October 2, 2018April 8, 2021
free college education
Posted inColumnists

Popular “free college” programs yield mixed results

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay October 1, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion, Race and Equity

OPINION: Educators must prepare for the dismantling of affirmative action

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy by Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy September 25, 2018October 10, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

The new movie Night School passes my test

Avatar photo by Andre Perry September 25, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

Poverty, Perseverance and a PhD

by APM Reports September 24, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

Black students default on college loans at a higher rate than others, study finds

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow September 21, 2018April 8, 2021
Inclusive campuses
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Opinion, Race and Equity

OPINION: Making campus diversity real — starting in kindergarten

Michael Cunningham by Michael Cunningham September 18, 2018April 8, 2021

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