Nation Nov 07 How this Kentucky college offers education without financial burden There are no fancy dorms or stadiums at Berea College. There, each student receives free tuition and works throughout their four years, receiving a small salary that goes toward room and board. As part of our Rethinking College series, special…
Nation Oct 31 Students protest West Virginia Univ. budget cuts targeting academic programs and jobs West Virginia University made headlines in the world of higher education this year when it announced it was making major cuts to some academic programs and faculty. There's concern about whether other public universities may follow suit. Special correspondent Hari…
Nation Oct 24 Colleges rethink legacy admissions in the wake of decision against affirmative action The Supreme Court’s decision to limit the use of race in admissions was a game-changer for colleges. While the ruling's biggest impact is on the most selective schools, a survey found nearly a quarter of all colleges considered race to…
Nation Oct 17 College admissions essays more important for students after end of affirmative action Students who are starting to apply to colleges for the coming year are the first class to deal with the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn affirmative action. For many high school students, this annual rite of passage…
Education May 09 Community colleges pay student expenses beyond tuition hoping to boost graduation rates Community colleges can be a catapult to economic mobility, dramatically increasing earnings and almost all are open admission. But most students that start degrees do not finish on time, and many don’t finish at all. Hari Sreenivasan reports on a…
Education May 02 New initiative aims to boost graduation rates at historically Black colleges As we enter another graduation season, historically Black colleges and universities are working hard to increase the number of students who walk across their stages in the years to come. One program is doing that by focusing on reenrollment and…
Education Sep 27 Universities, community colleges partner to help transfer students earn degrees As four-year colleges and universities look for ways to boost enrollment and reach underrepresented students, a growing number are focused on community college transfer students. At some of the nation’s most selective colleges, transfer acceptance rates are now higher than…
Education Sep 13 Applications to HBCUs rise dramatically as nationwide college enrollment falls The number of undergraduate students has dropped by almost 10% during the pandemic. But it's been a different story for some time at many historically Black colleges and universities. Applications are up nearly 30% at many of these schools and…
Education May 10 Colorado college reckons with a troubling legacy of erasing Indigenous culture Over the course of more than 100 years beginning in the 1800s, hundreds of thousands of Native American children in the U.S. were removed from their families, placed in federal boarding schools and forced to abandon their Native languages and…
Education May 04 San Antonio, Texas tackles education inequality with free or reduced college tuition President Biden proposed providing two years of tuition-free community college after he took office, but the idea was dropped after congressional opposition. Yet efforts persist at the local and state level to boost college attendance. More than 400 such programs…