Could more federal loans help students afford college?
A growing chorus of experts is making the surprising argument that students need to be allowed to borrow more. With grants limited and college costs rising, loans can be a lifeline for students who have no other way to afford…
Can mindfulness help stressed teachers stay in the classroom?
Teacher stress is growing, experts say, pushing educators out of classrooms and hurting learning. A growing number of mindfulness trainings help teachers cope, but critics say the real problem goes much deeper.
Most Americans don’t realize state funding for higher ed fell by billions
Spending is down by $9 billion over the last decade, driving tuition up and frustrating the search for skilled workers.
When small colleges close, their hometowns feel the pain
The financial problems — and wholesale shutdowns — affecting an escalating number of colleges and universities touch not only students, faculty and staff but also local economies, often in rural places where they are among the most important employers and…
While there has generally been consensus about what a college degree represents, there’s confusion over how to define many of these new credentials and judge their usefulness for employers and job seekers.
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.
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…
A new documentary illuminates how veterans have been particularly vulnerable to abuses by the for-profit college industry.
The push is coming from policymakers and consumers who want to know the return on their investments in college.
