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.
COLUMN: Don’t say there’s a lack of STEM talent in the South
Birmingham is brimming with talented black students in STEM fields — why aren’t there more black-owned businesses?
OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities
How the recent college admissions scandal hurt
Propelling prisoners to bachelor’s degrees in California
As the First Step Act is set to release more federal prisoners and Congress considers offering additional inmates financial aid for college, California’s overhaul of prison education offers a blueprint for other states.
‘They just saw me as a dollar sign’: How some certificate schools profit from vulnerable students
When government turns a blind eye, for-profit colleges fail to fulfill promise of a fast path to a new career and leave students in debt
COLUMN: Texas 10% policy didn’t expand number of high schools feeding students to top universities
Affirmative action workaround isn't working, researchers find
From prison to dean’s list: How Danielle Metz got an education after incarceration
Just 4 percent of formerly incarcerated people have a bachelor’s degree. Now, a movement to raise that number is gaining momentum as Congress reconsiders a ban on Pell grants for prisoners, and some states seek to prevent universities from barring felons
What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?
School districts are pushing career exploration into middle and lower grades, convinced the preparation necessary for tomorrow’s jobs needs to begin earlier
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How to program greater diversity among Mississippi’s computer science grads
Female and black students have been locked out of computer science fields, but a program seeks to change that by starting early
Achievement gap closed, one chancellor asks, “Why aren’t we all doing this?”
With a strong support system and a partnership with the Mayo Clinic, the University of Minnesota Rochester has students from different backgrounds graduating at similar rates
As college enrollment falls, recruiters descend on a state that still has lots of applicants
Institutions that are running out of students look to a place that has more than it can handle