Sep 19 Watch Taylor Branch: 'Only Custom and Fiat' Keep College Athletes From Sharing Profits Big Money, Big Controversy Surround College Sports… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Amid New NCAA Football Scandals, 'The Root of the Problem Is Money' After a series of offseason ethics scandals, the most explosive involving the University of Miami, college football kicks off its season this weekend. Jeffrey Brown discusses the recent space of scandals with Kevin Blackistone of ESPN and the University of… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch For Legendary Coach Summitt, Next Opponent Is Dementia Diagnosis Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in college basketball history, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Hari Sreenivasan talks to her son Tyler Summitt and The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins about how the coach is coping and staying focused on… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes Jeopardize Quality of Higher Education in California Students preparing for college this fall are facing higher tuition rates as their schools face budget cuts in this troubled economy. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the fallout in California's public universities. Continue watching
Aug 08 How to Not Let Mistakes Define You EmbedVideo(1190, 514, 320); We recently reported on the prison initiative of Bard College, a selective school currently running degree programs in five New York prisons. Skeptics of prison reform should take note of one Anthony Cardenales,… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch How Not To Let Mistakes Define You Former inmate Anthony Cardenales talks to Bard college students about being successful. Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch From Ball and Chain to Cap and Gown: Getting a B.A. Behind Bars What college is tougher to get into than Harvard, Princeton or Yale? Bard College. Not the campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., but the one behind bars in five Empire State prisons. The privately funded Bard Prison Initiative is putting convicts through… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch Why Does Yale Cost $55,000 a Year? Paul Solman talks to tour guides and economist Robert Shiller about the cost of tuition. Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch Grading Schools: How to Determine the 'Good' From the 'Bad'? Students get graded by test scores, but how do we best determine if a school is "good" or "bad"? Education Correspondent John Merrow examines that question. Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch Weiner Admits to Sending Lewd Photos, Faces Call for Ethics Investigation Rep. Anthony Weiner admitted Monday that he is responsible for sending lewd photos. Continue watching