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
Education Aug 05 Pricey summer programs at elite universities may not give students admissions edge 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. By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH
Education Apr 09 Watch 5:51 First-generation students face unique struggles at elite colleges By PBS NewsHour
Politics Mar 02 Documents reveal inner workings of Clinton’s White House 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… By Hari Sreenivasan
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
Jan 31 Watch New Book Looks at Elite Universities Through a Satirical Lens In a conversation with Jeffrey Brown, novelist and NewsHour essayist Roger Rosenblatt discusses his new book, "Beet," which takes a satirical look at college life. The novel focuses on a fictional elite university of the same title, which looks for… Continue watching