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Higher Education

Even as policymakers push to increase the proportion of Americans with degrees, university and college students and their families contend with ever-rising costs and debt, low success rates, and growing concern about equal access to a higher education. We cover the causes of these problems, and the innovations being tried to solve them.

Posted inOpinion

TEACHER VOICE: Big mistake — Schools are swapping out Shakespeare, Chaucer and Dickens for Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift

by Liza Libes August 26, 2024September 16, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

‘Disruption’ or ‘free speech’?  College students face new rules on campus protest

Avatar photo by Olivia Sanchez August 23, 2024September 16, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

What young Democrats have to say about higher education

by Joanna Hou August 22, 2024October 29, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

The fastest-growing college expense may not be what people think

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus August 22, 2024September 16, 2024
Posted inSolutions

‘Not waiting for people to save us’: 9 school districts combine forces to help students

Neal Morton by Neal Morton August 21, 2024September 16, 2024
Posted inEarly Education

What education could look like under Harris and Walz

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoNeal MortonAvatar photoJaveria SalmanAvatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz, Ariel Gilreath, Meredith Kolodner, Jackie Mader, Neal Morton, Caroline Preston, Javeria Salman, Christina A. Samuels, Olivia Sanchez and Nirvi Shah August 13, 2024September 27, 2024
Posted inEarly Education

What education could look like under Trump and Vance

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photoNeal MortonAvatar photoJaveria SalmanAvatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz, Ariel Gilreath, Meredith Kolodner, Jackie Mader, Neal Morton, Caroline Preston, Javeria Salman, Christina A. Samuels, Olivia Sanchez and Nirvi Shah August 13, 2024September 24, 2024
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Powerful partnerships can help solve the national teaching shortage

by Cassandra Herring August 6, 2024September 16, 2024
Posted inMap to the Middle Class

Alternative STEM education: A noncollege path to jobs for students from underrepresented groups

Avatar photo by Olivia Sanchez July 31, 2024September 16, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

How colleges can become ‘living labs’ for combating climate change 

Avatar photo by Caroline Preston July 30, 2024September 25, 2024

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