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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

‘Praying that my health holds out’: Many senior citizens expect to die with college loan debts

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 1, 2023August 30, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic 

by Collin Binkley August 31, 2023September 5, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

High schoolers can take dual-enrollment courses for college credit. Many undocumented students cannot

Avatar photo by Olivia Sanchez August 28, 2023August 28, 2023
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: The charade of ‘test-optional’ admissions

by Maggie Bigelow August 22, 2023August 22, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

Spending summer in class means these college students will be done in three years

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus August 22, 2023August 22, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

The Supreme Court affirmative action decision left a head-scratching exemption for military academies. Here’s why it matters

Avatar photo by Olivia Sanchez August 14, 2023August 15, 2023
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: We need to plug holes in the principal pipeline

by Leopold Richardson August 8, 2023August 8, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

‘August surprise’: That college scholarship you earned might not count

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus August 2, 2023August 18, 2023
Posted inJill Barshay

PROOF POINTS: Surprising patterns in who gets merit and need-based aid from colleges

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay July 31, 2023August 4, 2023
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: The Supreme Court ruling on race in college admissions ignores bigger inequities that must be addressed

Roseanne Liu by Roseann Liu July 31, 2023July 31, 2023

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