Nov 25 Opinion: Virtual reality tours give rural students a glimpse of college life By Carol Cutler White, The Conversation A federally funded program is trying to increase high school graduation, college readiness and college enrollment at low resource high schools. Continue reading
Nov 16 Non-degree ‘badges’ are booming. Are they really useful? By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report 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. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 5:34 Could Harvard discrimination case change college admissions nationwide? The Harvard admissions trial in Boston concluded Friday and it could have implications for affirmative action nationwide. The case alleges that qualified Asian-American applicants were denied admission because Harvard used other, non-academic measures to keep their numbers down. William Brangham… Continue watching
Nov 02 Opinion: The false narrative driving the Harvard affirmative action case By Natasha K. Warikoo Social science has shown us that when a group perceives a decline in status, economic or otherwise, they are likely to accept narratives that blame a different group — often a stigmatized one — for that decline. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 6:30 Why did it take so long for the University of Maryland to fire its football coach? It’s been a chaotic few days for the University of Maryland football program. In the fallout since the June death of player Jordan McNair, who became overheated during a practice, the school’s football coach, DJ Durkin, was placed on administrative… Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch 7:06 Where support for college students is ‘high-tech, high-touch’ By Hari Sreenivasan, Merrill Schwerin Florida is one of 35 states that tie college funding to graduation rates. But a new study,“The Pell Divide,” finds a difference in graduation rates between students who receive funding assistance from Pell Grants and those who don’t. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Oct 30 Billions in Pell Grants go to students who aren’t graduating, new data shows By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report 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… Continue reading
Oct 26 She dreamed college would change her life. 10 years later, was she right? By Emily Hanford, APM Reports More than a third of community college students quit by the end of their first year. Just 15 percent complete a bachelor's degree within six years — and the rates are even lower for black and Hispanic students. This is… Continue reading
Oct 23 Why these veterans regret their for-profit college degrees — and debt By Karina Hernandez, The Hechinger Report A new documentary illuminates how veterans have been particularly vulnerable to abuses by the for-profit college industry. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 7:31 At this college, academic excellence requires passion for the social good By Hari Sreenivasan At New Jersey’s Rutgers University, a new honors program for undergraduates is redefining academic excellence. Students accepted into the highly competitive Honors Living Learning Community (HLLC) study critical social issues and prove their commitment to becoming “change-makers." While the program… Continue watching