Nation Nov 17 Ivy league institutions and other colleges face U.S. inquiries over alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Arts Sep 19 Watch 7:42 Groundbreaking educator recounts remarkable life in a new memoir Ruth Simmons grew up in a deeply segregated part of Texas to become one of the country’s most distinguished educators, as president of three colleges and the first African American women to head an Ivy League university. But her new… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet
Education Jul 24 Watch 6:39 Study outlines how college admissions practices benefit richest applicants A study shows how college admissions practices benefit the richest applicants. Opportunity Insights, a group of Harvard economists, analyzed data from 12 of the country’s top colleges from 1999 to 2015. They found that among students with the same test… By Geoff Bennett, Murrey Jacobson, Dorothy Hastings, Karina Cuevas
Education Mar 14 Watch 8:26 Explosive cheating scandal illuminates hidden inequities of college admissions An explosive scandal around bribery and cheating in college admissions has prompted new questions about access, race and inequality in elite higher education. Judy Woodruff explores some of them with Daniel Golden, senior editor at ProPublica and author of a…
Education Dec 16 Princeton suspends men’s swim and dive team over offensive emails The announcement follows two similar Ivy League sports suspensions in a little over a month. By Kassia Halcli
Aug 05 Pricey summer programs at elite universities may not give students admissions edge By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH Many high school students are now enrolling in expensive pre-college summer courses they hope will catch the eye of admissions officers they’d like to impress. But some in the admissions departments say these courses don't give any extra weight. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 5:51 First-generation students face unique struggles at elite colleges By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 02 Documents reveal inner workings of Clinton’s White House By Hari Sreenivasan The online world has been buzzing about thousands of pages of documents from the Clinton administration that were released by the Clinton Presidential Library on Friday. Much of the conversation has focused on insight the documents provide about then-first lady… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome ‘Aristocracy’ of Higher Ed Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome 'Aristocracy' of Higher Ed… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch From Ball and Chain to Cap and Gown: Getting a B.A. Behind Bars What college is tougher to get into than Harvard, Princeton or Yale? Bard College. Not the campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., but the one behind bars in five Empire State prisons. The privately funded Bard Prison Initiative is putting convicts through… Continue watching