Jul 05 Column: College planning now may mean less stress for seniors come fall By Shondra Carpenter As summer gets underway, rising seniors may want to think about getting a jump start on college planning. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 7:54 Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time By PBS News Hour In most states across America, education for teen offenders pales in comparison to what they'd receive on the outside. Just one third mandate that these kids meet the same standards as their public school counterparts. Massachusetts is one of them,… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 6:24 Innovative program helps even the playing field for poor students — and boost graduation rates By PBS News Hour For Georgia State’s Tyler Mulvenna, a $900 grant from an innovative retention program let him live on campus, work less and do what he came to do: study. The school, worried about abysmal graduation rates for poor students found, a… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch 6:15 Busy day at SCOTUS yields support for affirmative action, roadblock for executive orders By PBS News Hour The reduced Supreme Court weighed in on two politically charged cases Thursday. Justices confirmed the constitutionality of a college affirmative action program, but deadlocked on President Obama’s executive action protecting millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation -- thus nullifying the… Continue watching
Jun 23 Supreme Court upholds Texas affirmative action program By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The University of Texas admissions program that takes account of race has survived another round at the Supreme Court. The justices on Thursday upheld the Texas program by a 4-3 vote. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 2:34 On the House floor, a very personal rebuke of the Stanford rapist’s sentence By PBS News Hour While the Capitol Hill debate over gun control has dominated headlines since the Orlando shooting, it’s hardly the only issue on lawmakers’ minds. The light sentence Stanford swimmer Brock Turner received for raping an unconscious woman has also struck a… Continue watching
Jun 22 Column: How an epidemic of grade inflation made A’s average By Vikram Mansharamani Grade inflation — no, hyperinflation — is running rampant in American higher education. A recent study revealed that 42 percent of four-year college grades are A’s, and 77 percent are either A’s or B’s. Continue reading
Jun 15 Colleges use sober dorms to combat opioid epidemic By Teresa Wiltz, Stateline A decade ago, most college students with substance abuse problems had little help besides student health services and local Alcoholics Anonymous chapters. That’s changing. Today, roughly 150 colleges and universities in 49 states offer recovery programs, providing students with counseling,… Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 7:25 In today’s economy, even two-income families struggle to make ends meet By PBS News Hour Aaron and Mary Murray are middle-class Americans, but they don’t feel like it: though the two teachers make a combined $90,000 a year, they still live paycheck-to-paycheck. Even something as mundane as a stranger accidentally sideswiping their car can put… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch 6:28 Light sentence for Stanford rapist sparks national outrage By PBS News Hour Last week, 20-year-old Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Turner was facing up to 20 years, and the lenient sentence has drawn criticism from observers -- including the victim,… Continue watching