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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.

May 2, 2018, Washington D.C. — Education Secretary Betsy Devos at the Teacher of the Year ceremony at the White House.
Posted inFor-Profit Colleges, Higher Education, Opinion

OPINION: The serious consequences of DeVos’ about-face on for-profit colleges

Robert Rothman by Robert Rothman May 21, 2018April 8, 2021
A protest in support of DACA in downtown Kansas City, MO.
Posted inNews

‘We’ve failed them’: How South Carolina education policy hurts ‘Dreamers’ — and costs taxpayers

Kasia Kovacs is an investigative reporter for the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette newspapers in Hilton Head, South Carolina. She previously wrote for Inside Higher Ed, and she also covered higher education and students protests at the University of Missouri. Follow her on Twitter: @kasiakovacs. by Kasia Kovacs May 18, 2018April 8, 2021
Sweet Briar College in Virginia. The liberal arts college was saved from closing only by the intervention of alumni and others.
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

With enrollment sliding, liberal arts colleges struggle to make a case for themselves

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus May 18, 2018April 8, 2021
undocumented college students
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Immigration, News, Race and Equity

The unseen obstacles facing undocumented college students

Avatar photo by Emrys Eller May 18, 2018April 8, 2021
Wes McEntee works on one of several manufacturing machines students use at Vermont Technical College.
Posted inHigher Education, Map to the Middle Class, Opinion

OPINION: 3 reasons that career and technical education doesn’t preclude college

Kimberly GreenKate Kreamer by Kimberly Green and Kate Kreamer May 15, 2018April 8, 2021
Elycea Almodovar, a junior at Salem State University, right, walks on campus with her roommate, Sabrina Ornae, a junior. Almodovar was drawn to the school because of its diversity.
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Divided We Learn, Higher Education, News

More Hispanics are going to college. The bad news? They’re still behind

by Kelly Field May 14, 2018April 8, 2021
University of Washington freshman Jenica Tran says it’s mostly up to students to make sure they graduate on time. “You can get the help if you go out to seek it, but you have to do it on your own,” she says.
Posted inNews

Embattled colleges focus on an obvious fix: helping students graduate on time

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus May 14, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News

Why falling demand for college hasn’t brought down sticker prices

by Hechinger Report May 14, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Fewer students have to take college remedial math, data show

Avatar photo by Pamela Burdman May 9, 2018April 8, 2021
Lande Ajose
Posted inElementary to High School, Higher Education, Map to the Middle Class, Opinion, Race and Equity

OPINION: Latinos find the deck stacked against them in this state

Lande Ajose by Lande Ajose May 8, 2018April 8, 2021

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