Education Apr 02 College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say financial aid can numb sticker shock By Nick Perry, Associated Press
Education May 04 Watch 7:47 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… By Hari Sreenivasan, Cat Wise
Education Jun 09 Watch 6:13 Why this former U.S. education secretary believes community college should be free This week, we heard the case against President Biden's plan to create free tuition for community college students nationwide. And now, we hear from John King, former U.S. secretary of education under President Obama, who is seeking the Democratic nomination…
Politics Jun 16 2020 race brings free college back to the national stage At least 18 of the Democratic party’s 23 presidential contenders have come out in support of some version of free college. By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Education Nov 09 Some colleges are totally unaffordable, and this tool proves it After years of escalating costs and stagnant earnings, new data show that some colleges have finally grown conclusively, decisively and categorically unaffordable for many Americans. By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
Apr 08 Debate over in-state tuition for students in U.S. illegally By Collin Binkley, Associated Press Twenty states already offer cheaper in-state college tuition to students who are in the United States illegally. Continue reading
Feb 09 Would this new idea help students manage the college affordability crisis? By Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Hechinger Report A tuition cooperative is a new idea aimed at tempting colleges to give discounts: Students interested in the same field of study or training could band together, pool resources and commit to a school as a group, lowering costs. Continue reading
Aug 29 Column: What’s making students ‘less resilient’? By Denise Cummins The most frequently cited culprits implicated in declining student resilience are "helicopter parenting" and an overly regimented K-12 education system. Yet feedback from parents and students tell a very different story — one in which the economy plays a starring… Continue reading
Aug 01 Most grads say college is a worthy investment, but support making college tuition free By Kulsoom Khan According to a Bankrate survey released Monday, 89 percent of four-year college grads believe that their degree was a good investment. Continue reading
Mar 18 A new spin on college financing? Treating students like stocks By Laura Pappano, The Hechinger Report The idea of taking a piece of graduates’ future earnings starts to pick up steam. Continue reading