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
Jan 26 Watch 6:23 How the pandemic is propelling demand for short-term college programs It’s been a brutal academic year for higher education, with enrollment down in the fall more than 560,000 undergraduate students compared to 2019. But there has been at least one area of growth at many schools: short-term programs that help… Continue watching
Jan 19 ‘It’s just too much’: Why some students are abandoning community colleges By Lawrence Lanahan, The Hechinger Report Fall enrollment at community colleges was down 10 percent from a year earlier, according to National Student Clearinghouse data. Continue reading