Mar 11 Americans with bachelor degrees lag behind other nations in labor skills By Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Hechinger Report A new study finds that workers with bachelor’s degrees have job-related skills that others don’t. But Americans still lag behind workers in other nations on tests of these skills. Continue reading
Feb 09 African-Americans over-represented among low-paying college majors By Kenya Downs More African-Americans are earning college degrees than ever before. But a new study shows they're over-represented in majors that lead to low-paying jobs. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 8:39 Should more kids skip college for workforce training? By PBS News Hour Of all the U.S. high school students who graduate high school and go on to college, a large proportion will never earn their degree. How can educators better train those who may struggle in trying to pick a course of… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Obama: ‘We have to make college affordable for every American’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 What do the liberal arts have to do with business? A lot, actually By Paul Solman You don't go to a liberal arts college to become an entrepreneur. Or do you?… Continue reading
Sep 30 How to pick the right college while avoiding debt By John Wasik Choose an affordable college, but beware, it's not as simple as checking the price tag. Continue reading
Sep 07 Will picking the right college major land you a better job? By Vikram Mansharamani When it comes to the college major, should passion trump practicality?… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 3:47 What accounts for the dramatic dip in SAT scores? By PBS News Hour The scores for the SAT this year were at the lowest they have been since the exam was overhauled a decade ago. Bloomberg education reporter Janet Lorin joins Alison Stewart for more on the dramatic dip in scores. Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 10:03 Prep school rape trial raises questions about teen consent By PBS News Hour Nineteen-year-old Owen Labrie, a former student at a prep school in New Hampshire, was accused of raping a freshman girl in 2014, but a jury cleared him of felony rape, convicting him on other lesser charges. Jeffrey Brown discusses the… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 6:24 Can higher ed keep inmates from returning to prison after release? By PBS News Hour The phrase “school to prison pipeline” refers to the link between spending time in failing schools and landing time behind bars. A pilot program aims to rewrite that saying by creating a “prison to college” pipeline. Special correspondent for education… Continue watching