Jun 05 Corinthian campuses getting nonprofit makeover By Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed SAVANNAH, Ga. — As a guarantor of student loans that specialized in collecting from students on the precipice of bankruptcy, the Educational Credit Management Corporation saw up close the “impact of students taking on debt, dropping out of school and… Continue reading
May 21 These groups of Asian-Americans rarely attend college, but California is trying to change that By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report As one group of Asians who don’t go to college in large numbers, the Hmong help illustrate the complex changing demographics of students arriving at American universities and colleges: increasingly nonwhite, low-income, and first-generation. Continue reading
May 20 Prisoners might get access to Pell grants for first time in two decades By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed The U.S. Department of Education is poised to announce a limited exemption to the federal ban on prisoners receiving Pell Grants to attend college while they are incarcerated. Continue reading
May 19 Threatened with closure, one historically black university charts a path to recovery By Kyla Calvert Mason When Darian James walks across the South Carolina State campus in her hometown of Orangeburg she sees a place where much of her life to this point has played out. It’s the place where she went to preschool through middle… Continue reading
May 07 Can for-profit colleges survive their slump? By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed The dramatic collapse of Corinthian Colleges isn’t the only shake-up happening in for-profit higher education, as a broad swath of the sector is shutting down or selling off campuses after years of declining revenue and enrollment. Continue reading
May 06 Watch 8:38 Why Starbucks is offering workers a college education, hold the debt By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 30 Once invisible, college boards of trustees push into the spotlight By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about higher education. Except for the desert sun pouring in through floor-to-ceiling windows, the hearing room… Continue reading
Apr 24 Researchers cut down procrastination by making it less fun By Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Ed The key to making online students focus on their course work may be making procrastination as unenjoyable as possible, according to a study out of Cornell University. It’s a familiar problem to anyone with a deadline and a computer:… Continue reading
Apr 17 Private college scholarships less likely to go to poorest students By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report Families that need private scholarships the most are less likely to get them than higher-income ones. Continue reading
Apr 14 6 rules to help you make the best college decision By Alan Benson, Raimundo Esteva, Frank Levy It's that time of year again. If they haven't already, high school seniors are preparing to settle on their college choices by May 1. But then again, should they even go to college? Here to encourage them to go, with… Continue reading