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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

Federal data shows 3.9 million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay November 6, 2017April 8, 2021
In this 2013 photo, Shannan Van Houten, a physician assistant, gives medical care to a patient at Golden Valley Health Center, CareNow, in Modesto, California. Physician assistant is a fast-growing and well-paid profession that is expected to add an estimated 39,700 jobs over the next decade.
Posted inElementary to High School, Higher Education, Map to the Middle Class, News, Solutions

Without changes in education, the future of work will leave more people behind

Avatar photo by Sarah Gonser October 31, 2017April 8, 2021
A 2015 file photo of movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual harassment allegations. A leading Hollywood studio has launched an inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment concerning Weinstein, one of its founders.
Posted inAndre Perry

Betsy DeVos, our educational system helps produce Harvey Weinsteins and we need to change that

Avatar photo by Andre Perry October 31, 2017April 8, 2021
Clark Atlanta University students Destiny Rudolph, Delaina Mims, Charles Finch and Jewel Cannon meet on the steps of the Joseph W. Woodruff Library, which is shared among four Atlanta colleges and universities. Higher-education institutions increasingly are pooling their resources to cut costs.
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion, Universities, Inc.

OPINION: 3 ways forward-thinking colleges usher in a new generation of students

by Robert Hansen October 31, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inColumnists, Divided We Learn, From The Editors Desk, Higher Education, News, Race and Equity

Gouged by for-profit schools, students could soon be out of luck

Avatar photo by Liz Willen October 30, 2017April 8, 2021
Katherine Kerwin, legislative affairs chair of the University of Wisconsin student government, leads efforts against letting public university students in Wisconsin opt out of paying fees to clubs and causes with which they disagree. “We can’t eliminate things because we’re so close-minded that we don’t want to pay for an organization that we don’t believe in,” she says.
Posted inHigher Education, News

Should college students’ money be paying for controversial speakers and programs?

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus October 30, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education

Wealthy students pushing out low-income students at top public universities, new research shows

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner October 26, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Higher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

New research questions the value of certificates pushed by colleges, policymakers

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus October 24, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Solutions

The threat of Big Brother undermines a push to gather data about college student performance

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus October 24, 2017April 8, 2021
Cal students at UC Berkeley on Friday, April 10, 2015.
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion

OPINION: The case for college (and finding the right fit)

Christopher Hooker-Haring by Christopher Hooker-Haring October 24, 2017April 8, 2021

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