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Posted inHigher Education

Black women are uniquely burdened by student debt, report finds

Avatar photo by Olivia Sanchez April 15, 2022April 14, 2022

While Brittani Williams was busy working toward her bachelor’s degree, the student loan debt she was quickly accruing rarely crossed her mind. Her focus was on her coursework. A first-generation student, Williams relied on loans to fund her college and hopefully, help change the course of her family’s lives. After she had her degree in […]

Posted inHigher Education

English learners in college: From marginalized to invisible

Avatar photo by Olivia Sanchez March 3, 2022March 3, 2022
Posted inDivided We Learn

Flagship universities fail to enroll Black and Latino high school graduates from their state

Avatar photo by Lauren Lumpkin, Meredith Kolodner and Nick Anderson April 18, 2021April 20, 2021
test optional colleges
Posted inHigher Education

Advocates hope pandemic shift away from requiring SAT and ACT will help diversity

by Alina Tugend January 27, 2021February 9, 2022
Posted inNews

When nurses are needed most, nursing programs aren’t keeping up with demand

by Matt Krupnick December 21, 2020April 10, 2022
Posted inNews

Activists question whether wealthy universities should be exempt from property taxes

by Molly Stellino December 18, 2020December 18, 2020
Posted inHigher Education

How to raise rural enrollment in higher education? Go local

Avatar photo by Laura Pappano December 4, 2020February 9, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled trades

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus November 20, 2020April 1, 2021
parent plus loan
Posted inHigher Education, News, Rural Education, The West

“Stuck in it until I die”: Parents get buried by college debt too

Avatar photo by Meredith Kolodner November 19, 2020February 9, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Hampered by pandemic restrictions, campus organizers are working overtime to make student voting easier

by Cayla Bamberger October 28, 2020October 30, 2020

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