Billions in Pell Grants go to students who aren’t graduating, new data shows
Taxpayers have spent more than $325 billion in the last decade on Pell Grants meant to help low-income students graduate, but only half of Pell recipients at four-year universities and colleges graduated within six years, new data show. It’s the…
Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering college standards
What are the unintended consequences of colleges cutting corners to produce more graduates more quickly?…
‘Dreamers’ celebrate graduation despite DACA uncertainty
“They realize this may be their one shot, and they’ve worked too hard and come too far to give up.”…
More Hispanics are going to college and graduating, but disparity persists
Between 2000 and 2015, the college-going rate among Hispanic high school graduates more than doubled, to 3 million. But the proportion of Hispanics earning degrees still lags behind the proportion of whites.
Here’s what parents go through when trying to enroll a child in high-quality, affordable preschool.
A national shortage of vocational instructors has hit remote colleges that are often responsible for keeping their towns afloat.
“When we leave here we’re like 10 steps ahead of everybody else.”…
In the face of a looming labor crisis, this New Hampshire voc-ed high school is preparing students for good middle-class jobs of the future.
Debating whether kids need hands-on training or academic rigor misses the point. These two schools embrace the idea that to thrive, students need both.
