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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 inHigher Education, Opinion

Hardly anyone pays full price for college any more – deal with it

Avatar photo by W. Kent Barnds September 3, 2015April 8, 2021
Matt Stuve tries out the latest in smart televisions from Apple in one of five innovative smart classrooms at Ball State.
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, News, Teacher Preparation

Teachers colleges struggle to blend technology into teacher training

by Peggy Barmore September 1, 2015April 8, 2021
A high school graduate raises his diploma in celebration as he walks back to his seat during a commencement ceremony Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in Pittston, Pa.
Posted inAndre Perry, Columnists, Higher Education, New Orleans, The South

Stop saying “college isn’t for everyone”

Avatar photo by Andre Perry September 1, 2015April 8, 2021
Bennington College college alumni Ujwal Thapa returned after graduation to his home country of Nepal to work as a political activist and entrepreneur. Pictured here, Nepalese children in Katmandu.
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion

Dissatisfaction guaranteed — that’s how the liberal arts work

Avatar photo by Mariko Silver September 1, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News

Colleges need to support low-income students or risk greater economic disparity. But can it be done?

Avatar photo by Arianna Skibell August 28, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School, Higher Education, Opinion

While K-12 teachers are put under the microscope, colleges play by their own rules

by Thomas Gibney August 27, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

The real reason that colleges go ‘test-optional’

Stephen Burd by Stephen Burd August 26, 2015April 8, 2021
free community colleges
Posted inCalifornia, Higher Education, News, The West, Universities, Inc.

A new university whose debut probably could not have come at a worse time

by Matt Krupnick August 24, 2015April 8, 2021
A 10,000 square foot server room highlighted in blue LED lighting.
Posted inHigher Education, News

Colleges shift to using ‘big data’ — including from social media — in admissions decisions

Avatar photo by Emmanuel Felton August 21, 2015April 8, 2021
Cal students at UC Berkeley on Friday, April 10, 2015.
Posted inHigher Education, News, The West, Universities, Inc.

Californians increasingly can’t get into state’s public colleges

by Matt Krupnick August 20, 2015April 8, 2021

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