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HBCUs open their doors wider to international students
The colleges are bringing in foreign students to give their campuses more international flavor, and help with the bottom line
To help first-generation students succeed, colleges enlist their parents
1 in 3 first-generation students quits college within three years. Can colleges boost grad rates by building relationships with students’ parents?
A few universities help black and Hispanic students reach and finish graduate school
The ranks of such students, who are stymied by cost and inexperience, remain low
High school graduation rates for one important group are starting to get better
How an ambitious plan to help Hispanics get ready for college is making early inroads
El porcentaje de graduados en un grupo importante está comenzando a mejorar.
Cómo un ambicioso plan para ayudar a hispanos a prepararse para la universidad está ya logrando éxito
COLUMN: We are a nation of migrants, not a collection of diplomas
The rush to embrace only highly educated immigrants reveals our classist elitism
Already stretched grad students rebel against rising and often surreptitious fees
Universities seeking revenue levy “academic excellence” and other non-tuition charges
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College students are increasingly forgoing summers off to save money, stay on track
But with many four-year campuses shut down, students are turning to local community colleges
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.
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