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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.

Students walk across campus at the University of Vermont on Monday, April 30, 2012 in Burlington, Vt.
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion

Obama’s College Scorecard: Too little, too late?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Andrew Nichols and José Luis Santos September 29, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Opinion

Free community college? Not so fast

Avatar photo by John Ebersole September 24, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News

An unprecedented look at Pell Grant graduation rates from 1,149 schools

Avatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz September 24, 2015April 8, 2021
This Nov. 14, 2014, photo, shows Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., holding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

Obama administration takes big step in simplifying financial-aid application process

Stephen Burd by Stephen Burd September 23, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, Opinion

Liberal arts colleges must jettison antiquated lectures to stay relevant

Avatar photoAvatar photo by John Casteen and Frederick Singer September 17, 2015April 8, 2021
President Barack Obama speaks at Macomb Community College, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Warren, Mich. Obama announces new steps to expand apprenticeships and a push to make community college free for responsible students.
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

While Washington wavers, states provide detailed college ratings

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 15, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Teacher Preparation

New online credential program aims to turn out 10,000 new teachers in the next five years

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader September 11, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inCalifornia, Higher Education, Opinion, Rural Education, The West

Battling for education, against poverty in rural San Joaquin Valley

Avatar photo by Dorothy Leland September 10, 2015February 9, 2022
This Nov. 14, 2014, photo, shows Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., holding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

Why Sen. Lamar Alexander is wrong about college affordability

Stephen Burd by Stephen Burd September 9, 2015April 8, 2021
Marjada Tucker, 19, is a Rice University sophomore who started a summer program in her hometown of Starkville, Mississippi, to prepare students for college.
Posted inHigher Education, Mississippi, News, The South

A 19-year-old college student comes back to give hometown students a better chance

Avatar photo by Nick Chiles September 6, 2015April 8, 2021

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