Education

As student bodies get more diverse, colleges rethink services

By Kyla Calvert Mason

The demographics of the country's college students are changing. The percentage of black, Latino and Asian students is growing. As students and their needs change, colleges and universities will have to respond.

Can universities be embarrassed into raising graduation rates?

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

Indiana is ahead of many other states in widely broadcasting public universities’ and colleges’ success rates as part of an attempt to force rates up.

How to talk to students about Ferguson

By Dr. Marcia Chatelain

I had no idea the response I would get when I decided to use the hashtag #FergusonSyllabus on Twitter, which has received attention from hundreds of educators so far.

Twitter Chat: What gives a college degree its value?

By Nora Daly

Given the high cost of higher education, it is tempting to evaluate different courses of study based solely on the return on investment they offer. However, this view neglects to consider the intangible benefits of a liberal arts education.

Community college district tries full slate of innovations, all at once

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

Rio Salado Community College doesn’t look much like a typical higher-education institution and it doesn’t act like one, either. With just 23 full-time faculty it serves more than 60,000 students, a disproportionate number of whom are low-income and attend part-time…

Still little consensus on role of massive, online courses in higher education

By Kyla Calvert Mason, WGBH News

Massive, open, online courses could be reshaping the typical college classroom. Tonight, PBS NewsHour Weekend Anchor Hari Sreenivasan looks at how in the third story in his Rethinking College series.

Twitter Chat: Is a college degree worth the cost?

By Nora Daly

Even with a degree, many college graduates struggle to find work in the current economic climate. As tuition continues to rise, student debt appears to be a growing problem. All this raises the question- is a college degree worth the…

The White House plans to rate your college — here’s what you need to know

By Kyla Calvert Mason

This fall the Obama administration will unveil their proposed formula for the federal college rating system.

New degree program is big test for MOOC-style higher ed

By Timothy Pratt, The Hechinger Report

Advocates of online higher education hope this first-ever attempt by an elite institution to offer an entire computer-science graduate program in a MOOC-style format will prove the value of so-called massively open online courses.

How lacrosse, China and adjuncts are changing higher ed

By Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed

Higher education is facing great pressure to change -- both in the administrative offices and in the classrooms. Here are five less-visible developments on college campuses -- with implications big and small for students and their families.