Pssst — wanna buy a college campus? There’s a sudden market in abandoned campuses, an outgrowth of the accelerating rate of colleges closing in the face of falling…
Read more Pace of college closings picks up, with more projectedHigher education is under siege, with many students and parents balking at high costs. In a series of op-eds, university leaders lay out their efforts to keep college…
Read more OPINION: America’s regional public universities can still be a bargain in a sea of high priced optionsOAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five…
Read more 5 years after transcript withholding bans began, college students face fewer obstacles but advocates worry about enforcementOhio resident Megan Cutright lost her hospitality job during the pandemic. At her daughter’s urging, she found her way to Lorain County Community College in Ohio and onto…
Read more OPINION: Workforce Pell can lead to good jobs for students if they get the support needed for long-term success – The Hechinger ReportThis story was produced in partnership with Work Shift and reprinted with permission. MOBILE, Ala. — Three or four times a week, LaTyra Malone starts her day at…
Read more Amid a national shortage of nurses, nursing apprenticeships are beginning to offer a solution to the problemPLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. — As she approached her senior year in high school, the thought of moving on to college was “scary and intimidating” to Milianys Santiago — especially…
Read more As the supply of applicants declines, college admissions gets kinder and gentlerby Savannah Celeste Scott, The Hechinger Report November 17, 2025 Imagine clocking out of an eight-hour shift and your compensation is a pat on the back and experience…
Read more STUDENT VOICE: College students are tired of being told that we ‘should be grateful’ for our internships. We also want to get paidToo many student-parents never make it to graduation, in no small part because their campuses don’t adequately help them fit college into their lives — or even just…
Read more OPINION: Student-parents belong on college campuses. So do their childrenWashington lawmakers and the Trump administration passed a major legislative package this summer that will cut funding for programs that help students from low-income backgrounds — making it…
Read more OPINION: New education budget cuts will mean millions of young people could lose the opportunity to earn a college degree and build a more financially secure futureSummer usually provides a respite for Connor Pavlicko from his duties as student body president at Slippery Rock University. But this summer, he was bombarded by classmates demanding…
Read more The good news? College tuition has been going down. The bad news? It’s about to rise againFor the first time in more than a decade, confidence in the nation’s colleges and universities is rising. Forty-two percent of Americans now say they have “a great…
Read more OPINION: Higher Education must help shape how students learn, lead and build the skills employers want mostLOS ANGELES — Oscar Mateo dreamed of being an artist, but after he got leukemia when he was 20, his life plans abruptly changed. The compassionate nursing care…
Read more Nurses are in high demand but nursing schools struggle tp provide enough slots to train themRemiah Ward’s shift at the SmartStyle salon inside Walmart was almost over, and she’d barely made $30 in tips from the haircuts she’d done that day. It…
Read more Cosmetology schools and other certificate programs got exemption from rules on graduates’ earning levelsSchools that train hairstylists, dental assistants and health aides will be able to keep getting federal student loan dollars even if the professionals they turn out don’t end…
Read more Explore the earnings for graduates of beauty schools, other certificate programsGRESHAM, Ore. — When Ken Perez was 24, he quit his construction job and moved back in with his parents so he could give college another try. He…
Read more How an old hotel shows one solution to community college student housing insecurityEvery person deserves a place close to home where they can learn, grow and build a better future. In rural areas, that place is often a community college. …
Read more OPINION: Rural community colleges are uniquely positioned to tackle complex regional challenges and drive community transformation. Here’s how.Ryan Arnoldy started community college with the goal of eventually transferring to a four-year university and getting a degree in chemical engineering. Soon Arnoldy started running up against…
Read more Being shut out of required courses is delaying college students’ graduationAs a college president, I see the promise of higher education fulfilled every day. Many students at my institution, Whittier College, are the first in their families to…
Read more OPINION: College president fears that federal education cuts will derail the promise of student parents, student military veterans and first-gen studentsELYRIA, Ohio — Nolan Norman had no idea what microelectronic manufacturing entailed when his adviser at Midview High suggested he take the school’s new class on it last…
Read more Colleges struggle to make manufacturing training hot againRead in English. SAN ANTONIO — Ximena tenía un plan. La joven de 18 años de Houston iba a comenzar clases este otoño en la Universidad de Texas…
Read more ¿Qué ha pasado desde que Texas eliminó las matrículas estatales para los estudiantes indocumentados?
