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[ad_1] There’s a lot to consider when deciding where to apply to college. Tuition costs, financial aid offerings and student loans are high on the list,...
[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] LOCKHART, Texas — Sometime last year, Alfonso Sifuentes was on a bus tour as part of a chamber of commerce’s efforts to map out the...
[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] MONTCLAIR, N.J. — As a high-school senior in New Jersey, Ernesto Reyes Velasco couldn’t envision himself taking the leap to become an independent college student....
[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] View of the Tennessee State Capitol, where lawmakers were the first in the nation to pass a law in 2014 to make community college tuition...
[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] 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] Fifteen years ago, the Obama administration and philanthropic foundations encouraged more Americans to get a college degree. Remedial classes were a big barrier. Two-thirds of...
[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] 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...
[ad_1] BROOKLYN, N.Y. — About one and a half years ago, Isaiah Hickerson woke up in the middle of the night having dreamt he was a...