Jun 06 Twitter Chat: Is college really for everyone? By Kenya Downs With massive debt and a bleak job market having many graduates regretting their degrees, NewsHour asked if college is really meant for everyone. Continue reading
May 18 Twitter Chat: How can colleges retain their most vulnerable students? By Kenya Downs What more can colleges and universities do to ensure the country's most vulnerable students aren't just enrolling but are graduating too? Join NewsHour for our Twitter chat on college retention rates. Continue reading
May 11 Affordable options for college students are disappearing fast By Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Hechinger Report As policymakers try to increase college-going, the cost has finally exceeded the grasp of low- and middle-income Americans. Continue reading
May 10 Twitter chat: Demanding change on college campuses By Kenya Downs Months after protests on campuses reached a boiling point nationally, what's next for the student activists who became the faces of a movement?… Continue reading
May 09 New research uncovers little improvement in achievement gap By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week Fifteen years of new programs, testing, standards, and accountability have not ended racial achievement gaps in the United States. Continue reading
May 05 Adviser dispels 3 myths on choosing a school By Kenya Downs High school seniors are applying to more colleges than ever. But despite being accepted into a first-choice college or university, many students are opting not to enroll for various reasons, including financial constraints. Continue reading
May 04 Twitter chat: How important are college choices? By Kenya Downs High school seniors are applying to more colleges than ever, but fewer are choosing to enroll in their first choice. Do choices still matter? Join the PBS NewsHour for a Twitter chat on Thursday. Continue reading
Apr 26 Can students improve financial management with help from peers? By Timothy Pratt, The Hechinger Report A lack of basic financial knowledge and advice is aggravating student debt and defaults. Student financial ambassadors are looking to help. Continue reading
Apr 26 Michelle Obama hosts National College Signing Day 2016 By Kenya Downs First Lady Michelle Obama hosts the third annual National College Signing Day event at New York City. Continue reading
Apr 19 Can Latin help younger students build vocabulary? By Liana Heitin, Education Week Scholars theorize that learning Latin and Greek prefixes, suffixes and bases helps build vocabulary more quickly than learning definitions of individual words. Continue reading