May 04 Watch 7:47 San Antonio, Texas tackles education inequality with free or reduced college tuition By Hari Sreenivasan, Cat Wise President Biden proposed providing two years of tuition-free community college after he took office, but the idea was dropped after congressional opposition. Yet efforts persist at the local and state level to boost college attendance. More than 400 such programs… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch 8:12 Fewer Black men are enrolling in community college. This state wants to change that By Stephanie Sy, Sarah Clune Hartman Even before the pandemic, higher education had an enrollment problem. The last few years have made it worse. That’s particularly true for community colleges, where enrollment dropped 13 percent since 2019. The number was 21 percent for Black men. As… Continue watching
Mar 23 Taliban cancels higher education for girls as new school year starts By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghanistan's Taliban rulers decided against opening schools to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a previous promise. Continue reading
Nov 04 What young Americans think about vaccines and mandates By Laura Santhanam A majority believe that getting vaccinated is -- at least in part -- an obligation we owe to each other, according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour and Generation Lab. Continue reading
Jun 17 Fewer than half of high schools teach computer science. These educators want to change that By Levi Pulkkinen, The Hechinger Report International tech workers, fed up with immigration delays, political uncertainty and anti-Asian bias, are leaving the United States to return to increasingly vibrant startup sectors in their home countries. One solution? Better educating American students in math and science. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 6:16 An argument against free community college tuition Seventeen states in the U.S. now offer free community college tuition, and existing programs cover tuition for many students. But President Biden wants to make that happen nationwide. This week we'll explore both sides of the debate over free community… Continue watching
May 19 How one community college professor is fighting high pandemic dropout rates By Melissa B. Taboada, The Hechinger Report Amid higher dropout rates, a professor in Texas redoubles her efforts to lead students to success. Continue reading
Apr 12 Even as colleges pledge to improve, share of engineering graduates who are Black declines By Melba Newsome, The Hechinger Report The proportion of graduates with degrees in science and engineering who are Black is flat or down, even as demand for workers in those high-paying fields grows at double the rate of other occupations. And Covid-19 pandemic trends appear to… Continue reading
Apr 12 U.S. colleges divided over requiring student COVID-19 vaccinations By Associated Press Universities including Rutgers, Brown, Cornell and Northeastern recently told students they must get vaccinated before returning to campus next fall. Continue reading
Feb 18 Where states are boosting or slashing higher ed funding amid the pandemic By Emma Whitford, Inside Higher Ed Governors have proposed a patchwork of higher education funding increases and cuts in their budgets. Continue reading