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[ad_1] Greater Boston – a region famous for its sheer number of colleges – is also home to an underground network that helps women get access...
[ad_1] Share of new college students in the fall of 2015 who were still in high school and taking a dual enrollment class. Map reprinted from...
[ad_1] WATERVILLE, Maine — For Emily Kayser, the prospect of covering her son’s college tuition on a teacher’s salary is “scary. It’s very stressful.” To pay...
[ad_1] When I left home at 17, I knew I wanted to go to college. I knew earning a degree would help me find a path...
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[ad_1] College enrollment has been declining for more than a decade, and that means that many institutions are struggling to pay their bills. A growing number...
[ad_1] Presidents of colleges and universities serve for less than six years on average. For women and people of color, that tenure is even shorter – a full year shorter. So what’s...
[ad_1] College campuses have become battlegrounds in America’s culture wars, with diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the center of the debate. In at least 20...
[ad_1] BROOKLINE, Mass. — It was a humid, gray morning in July, and most of their peers were spending the summer sleeping late and hanging out...
[ad_1] Rural young people who aspire to a higher education have long had fewer choices than their urban and suburban counterparts, contributing to far lower rates...
[ad_1] More than 40 million Americans have student loan debt. But should the government forgive all or even or part of it? That debate has become...
[ad_1] More than a year after the Supreme Court restricted race-conscious admissions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, a clearer picture is starting to emerge...
[ad_1] Following intense, sometimes violent protests on campuses, colleges and universities are taking steps to encourage better and more civil dialogue and debate among students who...
[ad_1] Editor’s note: This article was produced with support from the Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship program. In a state full of rural, tucked away corners, Lincoln...
[ad_1] At the end of July, McDowell Technical Community College in Marion, North Carolina, hosted a party for something people don’t typically throw parties for: Applying...
[ad_1] CHICAGO — At this week’s Democratic National Convention, I spoke to left-leaning students about their biggest concerns with higher education: high tuition costs and access....
[ad_1] DURANGO, Colo. — For three dozen high schoolers, summer break in this southwest Colorado city kicked off with some rock climbing, mountain biking and fly-fishing....
[ad_1] Education vaulted to the forefront of conversations about the presidential race when Democratic nominee Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz, the...