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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 inColumnists, Education by the Numbers, Higher Education, Proof Points

How fixing a parent loan program hurt black students

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay April 20, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News

Rising tuition means falling diversity on campus

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus April 18, 2015April 8, 2021
Malachi Zeitner, who received a scholarship for caddying.
Posted inHigher Education, News

Wealthier students more likely than poor to get private scholarships

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus April 17, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion

Will college survive? For many, it never existed

by Thomas Gibney April 16, 2015April 8, 2021
California Gov. Jerry Brown lowers his head while listening to Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speak about today's technology during a meeting of the UC Board of Regents Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in San Francisco. Gov. Brown is pressing the University of California to bring more courses online to help make college more accessible and affordable. Brown urged university leaders to expand online education.
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, News, The West

California’s multimillion-dollar online education flop is another blow for MOOCs

by Ryan Derousseau April 14, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inColumnists, Education by the Numbers, Higher Education, Proof Points

Room and Board charges rising faster than inflation

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay April 13, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, News

Online courses might offer a path to more degrees – and to reducing the carbon footprint

Avatar photo by Nichole Dobo April 9, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Lessons From Abroad

In Brazil, fast-growing universities mirror U.S. wealth divide

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus April 8, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

Think tuition is rising fast? Try room and board

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay April 8, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

College room and board rates

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz and Jill Barshay April 8, 2015April 8, 2021

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