Jun 21 Can California export enough students to shore up college enrollment in other states? By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report A decline of nearly 2.9 million college students nationwide since 2011 is driving a frenzy of recruiting in California, one of the few places in the country where the number of college-ready high school graduates is going up. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 8:00 How 2020 presidential candidates would address 'albatross' of student debt Student debt affects millions of Americans and is an issue shaping the 2020 presidential race. On average, students leave college owing $29,600; for black students, the number is $34,000. Lisa Desjardins reports on candidate proposals to address the problem and… Continue watching
Jun 18 Suicide among teens and young adults reaches highest level since 2000 By Gretchen Frazee, Patty Gorena Morales Researchers are not certain what is causing the increase, but advocates say there are a number of steps people can take to help prevent suicide. Continue reading
Jun 16 2020 race brings free college back to the national stage By Collin Binkley, Associated Press At least 18 of the Democratic party’s 23 presidential contenders have come out in support of some version of free college. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 7:27 After multiple tragedies, how Colorado schools are securing the classroom By John Ferrugia, Rocky Mountain PBS School shootings have become a tragic reality of modern American life. How can school administrators prepare for the worst-case scenario? John Ferrugia of Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver reports on how Colorado’s multiple deadly school shootings in the past 20… Continue watching
Jun 13 Trump administration reviewing foreign funding at U.S. colleges By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The U.S. Education Department has opened investigations into foreign funding at Georgetown University and Texas A&M University as part of a broader push to monitor international money flowing to American colleges. Continue reading
Jun 12 Ex-Stanford coach avoids prison time in college bribery scam By Associated Press John Vandemoer is the first person to be sentenced in the college admissions bribery case that exposed the lengths that some wealthy parents will go to get their children into the nation's top schools. Prosecutors had sought more than a… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 8:06 Why 36 million American adults can't read enough to work — and how to help them By Kavitha Cardoza, Education Week In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to sustain employment -- yet education programs for this group serve only about 1.5 million, and funding continues to be cut at state and federal levels. Meanwhile, stigma… Continue watching
Jun 10 Pete Buttigieg's high student debt draws attention to the issue By Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press In his financial disclosure filed with the Office of Government Ethics in mid-May, Buttigieg reported that he and his husband have between $110,000 and $265,000 in student loan debt… Continue reading
Jun 07 University of Alabama trustees vote to refund $26 million gift By Blake Paterson, Associated Press The gift was from a top donor who recently called on students to boycott the school over the state's new abortion ban. Continue reading