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At a growing number of colleges, faculty get a new role: spotting troubled students
On most campuses, however, ensuring students succeed is still not considered part of the job
After colleges promised to increase it, hiring of black faculty declined
Data show the proportion of nonwhite faculty is far smaller than of nonwhite students
Poverty, Perseverance and a PhD
An elite university helped her climb but changing class can be a lonely journey.
As students return to college, a basic question persists: What are they learning?
Despite years of demands, consumers know little about how and how much students learn
A new challenge for colleges: opioid-addicted students
Driven by deaths or state pressure, institutions are opening “recovery houses”
Colleges welcome first-year students by getting them thinking about jobs
Increasingly judged on graduates’ success, some start career advising very, very early
Old Idea, New Economy: Rediscovering Apprenticeships
You might think apprenticeships are a relic from an earlier era, but a growing number of Americans are using them as a way into the middle class. South Carolina has…
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Bending to the law of supply and demand, some colleges are dropping their prices
Cuts to advertised tuition come in the face of an enrollment drop and consumer backlash
