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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.

In this July 9, 2014, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert scratches his forehead as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on the NCAA's treatment of athletes. At left is Dr. Richard M. Southall, Associate Professor, Department of Sport and Entertainment Management. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

Wins for athletes could cost fellow students steeper fees

by Matt Krupnick December 1, 2014April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

Colleges that pledged to help poor families have been doing the opposite, new figures show

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jon Marcus and Holly K. Hacker November 30, 2014April 8, 2021
Tony L. Talbert
Posted inElementary to High School, Higher Education, Opinion

An education prof. goes back to high school, finds technology is no longer a tool but a context

by Tony L. Talbert and Jason Trumble November 27, 2014April 8, 2021
Students at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi participate in a mock funeral to protest the university's decision to eliminate several academic programs. (Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report)
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Mississippi, News, The South

Poorest states cut what experts say could help the most: higher ed

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus November 26, 2014April 8, 2021
Students in Oglala Lakota’s automotive program work on a car in the first week of classes. Administrators say there aren’t enough jobs at area mechanics to go around after graduation. (Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz)
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News

Tribal colleges give poor return on more than $100 million a year in federal money

Avatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz November 26, 2014April 8, 2021
University of North Dakota. (Photo: University of North Dakota)
Posted inHigher Education, News

Why two states have poured money into public higher education

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus November 24, 2014April 8, 2021
A 300 student classroom at University of Windsor, Canada.
Posted inHigher Education, Opinion

How poorly designed classroom space puts student learning at risk

by Lennie Scott-Webber November 20, 2014April 8, 2021
What happened to students who entered college in 2008. Source: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Posted inHigher Education, News

Graduation rates are down, not up, since economic downturn

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus November 18, 2014April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News

Colleges and universities charge more, keep less, new report finds

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus November 17, 2014April 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education, News, Student Veterans

Spiraling graduate student debt raises alarms

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus November 10, 2014April 8, 2021

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