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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.

Posted inNews

Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education — with one big exception

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay March 19, 2018April 8, 2021
Dell advertises a panel at SXSW about diversity in tech.
Posted inAndre Perry, Columnists, Higher Education, Opinion

Diversifying the tech industry, one party at a time

Avatar photo by Andre Perry March 13, 2018April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

OPINION: Five ways to build stronger, more inclusive work opportunities for students

Al Passarella by Al Passarella March 13, 2018April 8, 2021
A student in the Mississippi Delta raises his hand during class. More than 40 school districts in the state, including many in the Delta, lack qualified teachers.
Posted inNews

How one Mississippi college is trying to tackle teacher shortages

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader March 13, 2018April 8, 2021
Alfred "Red" Joseph, a senior history and philosophy major, and Lyndsi Burcham, a junior psychology major, stand outside Irvine Auditorium before the opening ceremony of the fourth annual 1vyG Conference at Penn, holding the SWAG given to attendees bearing theme "Focusing on the Future."
Posted inHigher Education, News, Race and Equity, Solutions

First-gen students at elite colleges go from lonely and overwhelmed to empowered and provoking change

Avatar photo by Laura Pappano March 12, 2018April 8, 2021
A stained glass window depicts the University Greys, a group of Ole Miss students who left school to fight in the Confederate Army. They suffered 100 percent casualties.
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Mississippi, News, Race and Equity, The South

A university grapples with its links to slavery and racism

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow March 7, 2018April 8, 2021
InInstructors lead a round table discussion with students at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas, to discuss their video game projects. The college is affiliated withe Achieving The Dream network.
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Higher Education, Opinion

OPINION: When it comes to measuring community college success, graduation rates fall short

Karen Stout by Karen Stout March 6, 2018April 8, 2021
Coral Springs, FL — The memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 victims were killed in a mass shooting on Feb. 14, 2018.
Posted inElementary to High School, High School Reform, Higher Education, Opinion, Student Voices

STUDENT VOICE: Don’t blame autism for the Florida school shooting

Jack Bradley by Jack Bradley March 5, 2018April 8, 2021
The United States Capitol. A House bill to revamp the Higher Education Act has moved out of committee for debate, while the Senate is still discussing reform ideas in committee.
Posted inNews

If this bill passes, college affordability would go from bad to worse, experts say

Delece Smith-Barrow by Delece Smith-Barrow February 27, 2018April 8, 2021
A sign on the door of a KIPP Charter school in the Bronx. KIPP's co-founder, Mike Feinberg, was recently fired due to allegations of sexual abuse.
Posted inElementary to High School

It was only a matter of time before the #MeToo movement rocked schools

Avatar photo by Andre Perry February 27, 2018April 8, 2021

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