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An argument against free community college tuition
Seventeen states in the U.S. now offer free community college tuition, and existing programs cover tuition for many students. But President Biden wants to make that happen nationwide. This week we'll explore both sides of the debate over free community…
How one community college professor is fighting high pandemic dropout rates
Amid higher dropout rates, a professor in Texas redoubles her efforts to lead students to success.
Even as colleges pledge to improve, share of engineering graduates who are Black declines
The proportion of graduates with degrees in science and engineering who are Black is flat or down, even as demand for workers in those high-paying fields grows at double the rate of other occupations. And Covid-19 pandemic trends appear to…
U.S. colleges divided over requiring student COVID-19 vaccinations
Universities including Rutgers, Brown, Cornell and Northeastern recently told students they must get vaccinated before returning to campus next fall.
Governors have proposed a patchwork of higher education funding increases and cuts in their budgets.
It’s been a brutal academic year for higher education, with enrollment down in the fall more than 560,000 undergraduate students compared to 2019. But there has been at least one area of growth at many schools: short-term programs that help…
Fall enrollment at community colleges was down 10 percent from a year earlier, according to National Student Clearinghouse data.
Typically during a recession, community college enrollment goes up as unemployed workers start looking for new skills. But that’s not happening this time around, signaling trouble for the economy and individual families going forward, particularly for lower-income students and students…
Addressing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on education will be among some of the most urgent issues facing President-elect Joe Biden when he takes office.
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