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
May 27 Watch Is a College Diploma Worth the Soaring Student Debt? Soaring College Costs Revive Debate Over a Diploma's Value… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Bracket-Busting Cinderella Teams Enter ‘Unprecedented’ March Madness Final Four Judy Woodruff talks to Sports Illustrated's Maggie Gray about the NCAA tournament. Continue watching
Jan 03 Happy New Year? Job Market Looking Up for College Grads? By Elizabeth Shell Editor's Note: A poor economy does not bode well for college grads trying to enter the job market. "The last couple of years have been a very, very tough time to be coming out of college," said Richard White in… Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch In U.K., More Demonstrations Appear Likely After Tuition Tripling Protests intensified in London after legislation passed to triple university tuition fees. Margaret Warner gets the latest on the protests, what's behind them and what's next with Ned Temko from The Observer. Continue watching