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Graduate Students

Attention to college costs, enrollment and debt is usually focused on undergraduates. But graduate students have become a vital source of revenue for universities, which have raised their tuition faster than for undergrads and added new fees. Graduate students now represent 40 percent of student debt — and are starting to fight back.

Posted inProof Points

Why an end-of-the alphabet last name could skew your grades

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay October 7, 2024October 4, 2024

If your last name starts with an A, that could mean that you’re also more likely to score an A on a test. But if you’re a Wilson or a Ziegler, you may be suffering from a new slight of the modern age: lower college grades. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Grading processes have […]

Posted inProof Points

PROOF POINTS: No-limits borrowing for graduate school pushed prices up for all

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay April 17, 2023April 16, 2023
two stage exams
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Tests are not the problem; how they are used can be

by Walt MacDonald October 28, 2020December 1, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus and Education

PROOF POINTS: Covid-19 has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay October 26, 2020April 8, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Let’s not ignore how much international students matter to community colleges

by Dan Kent September 18, 2020April 25, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

Amid pandemic, graduate student workers are winning long-sought contracts

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus July 19, 2020April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

Another pandemic-related threat to universities: falling numbers of graduate students

by Matt Krupnick May 13, 2020April 10, 2022
Posted inNews

Spotlight swings to for-profit middlemen that may be driving up the cost of online higher education

by Jillian Berman September 19, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inDivided We Learn, Graduate Students, Higher Education, News

A few universities help black and Hispanic students reach and finish graduate school

by Melba Newsome August 9, 2019April 8, 2021
Posted inGraduate Students, Higher Education, News, Universities, Inc.

Already stretched grad students rebel against rising and often surreptitious fees

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus August 2, 2019April 8, 2021

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