Higher education affordability
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
Already stretched grad students rebel against rising and often surreptitious fees
Universities seeking revenue levy “academic excellence” and other non-tuition charges
COLUMN: The new low-income big borrower of student loans
New breed of borrowers avoids default but gets into student debt trouble
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
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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
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Seeking a road ahead for equality in higher education