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Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

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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 inOpinion

OPINION: The DeVos distraction?

David C. Bloomfield by David C. Bloomfield January 17, 2017April 8, 2021
A high school library in a school district in Mentor, Ohio, was redesigned to fit the school’s vision for blended learning.
Posted inNews

Readers and Knight invest in real news about schools

Avatar photo by Sarah Garland January 12, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion

OPINION: In the heart of the Big Apple, a college’s president and students laud free tuition proposal

Avatar photo by Gail Mellow January 12, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

Who benefits from New York’s free college plan?

Avatar photo by Mikhail Zinshteyn January 6, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Why Gov. Cuomo’s free tuition plan won’t help New York’s state of mind

Avatar photo by Donald E. Heller January 4, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Divided We Learn, Higher Education, News

Budget cuts are taking the heaviest toll on colleges that serve the neediest students

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus January 3, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

Students, feeling nickel-and-dimed, force new scrutiny of college fees

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus January 3, 2017June 7, 2021
Posted inArts Education, Higher Education, Opinion, Universities, Inc.

OPINION: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Entrepreneur: A lifelong endeavor

Avatar photo by Kwang-Wu Kim December 29, 2016April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Opinion

OPINION: As more Americans retire, we must educate a new generation of leaders by making higher ed affordable

Avatar photo by Anthony Benoit December 27, 2016April 8, 2021
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, Opinion, Universities, Inc.

OPINION: Why are colleges and universities handing over more than half of their tuition to online program managers?

Avatar photo by John Katzman December 26, 2016April 8, 2021

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