Mar 31 Homeless professor protests conditions of adjuncts By Simone Pathe Mary-Faith Cerasoli is an adjunct professor of Spanish and Italian with a master's degree from one of the country's leading language schools. She's also homeless. Continue reading
Mar 05 Are your grades killing your grandmother? Dan Ariely’s prescription: The perfect MOOC By Dan Ariely More college students lose grandparents right before taking college exams. Duke professor and irrationality expert Dan Ariely has a solution: Enroll in Massive Open Online Courses to spare grandparents some fatal stress. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Tuesday March 4, 2014 By PBS News Hour On our program Tuesday, a war of words amps up on the crisis in the Crimea region of Ukraine between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State John Kerry and others. Also, President Obama’s budget plan takes aim at economic… Continue watching
Feb 21 Too many college grads? Or too few? By Anthony Carnevale, Nicole Smith, Jeff Strohl Don't believe the statistics that point to the stagnant demand for college-educated workers; college attendance is still an advantage in the labor market, and suggesting otherwise only discourages those who could benefit most from going to college. Continue reading
Feb 06 Two loves: An adjunct’s journey from the classroom to the racetrack By Ingrid Steffensen Ingrid Steffensen thought she'd be spending her life on a university campus. But the relationship she imagined for herself -- teaching and reading and writing full-time (and making a living doing it) -- wasn’t to be. Her love for the… Continue reading
Feb 05 How one professor’s American dream — teaching — turned into the American nightmare By Arik Greenberg Being an adjunct isn't what most part-time university faculty had in mind when they envisioned being a professor. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Parents study up on how to improve college prospects for their children Parents study up on how to improve college prospects for their children… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch As price of college rises, how will higher education evolve to be affordable? As price of college rises, how will higher education evolve to be affordable?… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch President Obama Offers Plan to Make Colleges More Affordable and Accountable President Obama Offers Plan to Make Colleges More Affordable and Accountable… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Obama’s Student Loan Relief Plan: How Helpful Would it Be? President Obama outlined a plan to speed up help for millions of Americans struggling with the cost of higher education. Gwen Ifill discusses the president's effort to ease the burden of student loans with "Generation Debt" author Anya Kamenetz and… Continue watching