Jan 03 Nationwide, state budget cuts disproportionately hit low-income, minority college students By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report States are disproportionately subsidizing schools whose students are wealthier, whiter… Continue reading
Dec 21 Bridging the town and gown divide By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report In a time of falling trust, colleges are reaching out to bridge the class and cultural divides that often exist between them and the surrounding neighborhood. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 2:57 Why college should be a journey of listening By PBS News Hour Recently, free speech and censorship on college campuses have been hotly debated. Nathan Heller of The New Yorker believes that the solution to this dilemma lies not in the way we speak, but in the way we listen. When people… Continue watching
Dec 05 Risking political pushback, private colleges enroll undocumented students By Timothy Pratt, The Hechinger Report Universities and colleges, some of which announced new policies on undocumented students only in the last few months, are now noisy with marches, protests and petitions demanding that these policies survive the Trump administration and that campuses be turned into… Continue reading
Dec 04 New Mexico budget crisis rears its head in courts, colleges By Morgan Lee, Associated Press New Mexico's grinding budget crisis is taking a toll in courtrooms, at museums and at state universities and colleges grappling with steep spending cuts. Continue reading
Dec 01 Universities cut some services for students over 25 By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report Forty percent of U.S. university and college undergraduate and graduate students are 25 and older, according to U.S. Education Department data. Yet colleges and universities are largely not set up to deal with them, causing their enrollment to fall. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 6:11 How a former nun made millions by training teachers By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 8:00 For these college students, the most difficult test may be basic survival By PBS News Hour The biggest challenge for these college students may not be exams or papers, but finding the means to survive. While the University of California system has worked to bring in more first-generation and “non-traditional” students, helping them stay, succeed and… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 9:44 Why student debt is ‘a crisis’ for some borrowers By PBS News Hour Student debt has been a prominent topic during this year's presidential campaign, with several candidates touting plans for tuition-free college. Indeed, more than 40 million Americans carry debt from student loans, totaling around $1.3 trillion nationally. While the median debt… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 3:20 Our student debt anxiety explained in one video By PBS News Hour College affordability has become a major issue in the election because it’s a major issue in our lives -- Americans currently hold $1.3 trillion in student debt, and it’s on a staggering rise. Frontline and Marketplace collaborated on this video… Continue watching