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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 inHigher Education

College Uncovered: Abortion on the ballot … and in the mail

by Hechinger Report and GBH News October 31, 2024October 30, 2024

Greater Boston – a region famous for its sheer number of colleges – is also home to an underground network that helps women get access to abortion pills. This story also appeared in GBH News Every week, a group including many Boston-area college and medical students meets to put together abortion pill “care packages” to […]

Posted inHigher Education

A community college could transform a region — and help itself grow. Will voters buy it?

by Alexa Ura October 30, 2024October 30, 2024
Posted inProof Points

Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay October 28, 2024October 29, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

Some colleges aim financial aid at a declining market: students in the middle class

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus October 24, 2024October 30, 2024
Posted inOpinion

STUDENT VOICE: Colleges and universities must do far more to support transfer students

by Rebbie Davis October 22, 2024October 18, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

Tracking college closures

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Marina Villeneuve and Olivia Sanchez October 21, 2024October 21, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

Tribal college campuses are falling apart. The U.S. hasn’t fulfilled its promise to fund the schools.

by Matt Krupnick October 21, 2024October 29, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

How four universities graduate their low-income students at much higher rates than average

by Nina Agrawal October 17, 2024October 14, 2024
Posted inHigher Education

College Uncovered: The Politics of the College Presidency

by Hechinger Report and GBH News October 17, 2024October 16, 2024
Drone view of Tennessee State Capitol
Posted inProof Points

What one state learned after a decade of free community college

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay October 14, 2024October 15, 2024

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