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Olympic hopeful figure skater Max Aaron on the practice rink in Colorado Springs. Aaron, who is 25, earned a degree in finance in December. He worked as a barback and a waiter on the weekends to help pay the tuition and took his classes early in the morning and late at night to accommodate his training schedule.
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Higher Education, News, Solutions

Even with help, Olympic athletes struggle to balance their sports with college

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus January 4, 2018April 8, 2021
Junior Alex DesRuisseaux and senior Jesus Garcia work in the library of the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, News, Rural Education, Solutions

In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

Avatar photo by Robbie Feinberg January 3, 2018February 9, 2022
Microsoft employees in Redmond, Washington. With a huge shortage of college graduates in data and computer science, tech companies are taking matters into their own hands and providing education directly to prospective tech workers.
Posted inFuture of Learning, Higher Education, News, Solutions

Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 18, 2017April 8, 2021
Latino students at Loyola Marymount University in California have an enviable 80 percent graduation rate, compared with 77 percent for white students.
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News

New research shows Latinos closing the racial gap on college degrees, but still lagging far behind whites

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner December 14, 2017April 8, 2021
remedial high school
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Divided We Learn, Higher Education, News, Race and Equity

The community college “segregation machine”

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Meredith Kolodner, Brad Racino and Brandon Quester December 13, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News

In an era of inequity, more and more college financial aid is going to the rich

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 7, 2017April 8, 2021
The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house is seen near Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. University President John Thrasher announced the indefinite suspension of the school’s 55 fraternities and sororities following the death of a freshman pledge. Andrew Coffey, a pledge at Pi Kappa Phi, died Friday after he was found unresponsive following a party.
Posted inHigher Education, News

Are hazing, sexual assault, drinking and unabashed racism inevitable on campus?

Avatar photo by Liz Willen November 15, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, Opinion, Universities, Inc.

OPINION: Research confirms an urgent need to improve how students are supported when choosing college majors

William HansenAvatar photo by William Hansen and Johnny C. Taylor Jr. November 13, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

Federal data shows 3.9 million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay November 6, 2017April 8, 2021
Posted inColumnists, Divided We Learn, From The Editor's Desk, Higher Education, News, Race and Equity

Gouged by for-profit schools, students could soon be out of luck

Avatar photo by Liz Willen October 30, 2017April 8, 2021

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