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2016 Election

Posted inNews

Colleges provide misleading information about their costs

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 16, 2019April 8, 2021

Want to find out how much it will cost to go to Arkansas Northeastern College? The federal government has a website that promises you can “Calculate your personal net price.” But clicking on that link brings you to the college’s own home page with a fun photo of its cuddly mascot and no immediate sign […]

Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News

Getting rid of the ‘gotcha’: College students try to tame political dialogue

Avatar photo by Laura Pappano March 31, 2019April 8, 2021
NACAC college fair
Posted inDivided We Learn, Higher Education, News, Rural Education

A big reason rural students never go to college: Colleges don’t recruit them

by Aaron Gettinger March 6, 2019February 9, 2022
Posted inColumnists

Schools should not be battlegrounds for Trump’s fake war

Avatar photo by Andre Perry January 29, 2019August 24, 2020
Students dance during an after school 'Love for Learning' night of activities with parents and children at the Byrd First Class Early Learning Center on February 12, 2015 in Selma, Alabama. The Byrd First Class Early Learning Center houses all of the city's pre-K students in one school.
Posted inColumnists

Bold, progressive ideas aren’t unrealistic

Avatar photo by Andre Perry January 8, 2019March 30, 2020
As a student from a tiny rural hometown, Kendra Beaudoin found unexpected obstacles when she arrived last year at the University of Michigan. She had to use a paper map to find her way around after losing her phone, couldn’t figure out the bus system and didn’t understand crosswalks. “Those aren’t a thing where I live.”
Posted inNews

Some colleges extend scholarships and other help to rural high school grads

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 12, 2018February 9, 2022
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to then-Director of Communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault during an event in the Oval Office of the White House October 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Posted inColumnists

Good teachers use the N-word

Avatar photo by Andre Perry August 21, 2018March 30, 2020
education of immigrant students
Posted inColumnists

A conservative Supreme Court could threaten the education of immigrant students

Avatar photo by Andre Perry July 11, 2018March 30, 2020
North Carolina's attorney general shut down the Charlotte School of Law before it was scheduled to open this past fall.
Posted inHigher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

As feds pull back, states step in to regulate for-profit colleges and universities

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus July 7, 2018May 24, 2021
race and college admission
Posted inCommunity Colleges, Divided We Learn, Higher Education, News

Facts about race and college admission

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus July 6, 2018April 8, 2021

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