

Education Jan 26

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…
Education Jan 19

College students have long been prone to stress, anxiety and depression. And three out of four Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 report poor mental health tied to the pandemic, according to the CDC. Hari Sreenivasan reports as…
By Hari Sreenivasan, Jason Kane, Alison Thoet
Education Jan 19

Fall enrollment at community colleges was down 10 percent from a year earlier, according to National Student Clearinghouse data.
By Lawrence Lanahan, The Hechinger Report
Nation Jan 12

Typically during a recession, community college enrollment goes up as unemployed workers start looking for new skills. But that’s not happening this time around, signaling trouble for the economy and individual families going forward, particularly for lower-income students and students…
By Hari Sreenivasan, Jason Kane
Jan 01

By Lilah Burke, Inside Higher Education
Students are still struggling to find spaces in their homes to work, dealing with financial and health crises, and homeschooling their own children or siblings.
Dec 29

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
The pandemic has accelerated innovation in an industry that’s usually slow to change.
Dec 29

By William Brangham
With many college admissions testing sites closing down during the pandemic, as many as 50 percent of early applications arrived without any test scores this year. That's resulted in some top-ranked schools seeing a surge in applications, but elsewhere, application…
Aug 11

As the new academic year gets underway, college students, parents, administrators and faculty are deliberating over whether it will be safe to hold in-person classes and resume dorm life. And residents of the surrounding towns and cities worry about the…
For higher education, the pandemic has forced major questions about affordability and cost into the spotlight. Both students and parents are hesitant to spend tens of thousands of dollars on classes taken via video, and many feel that the loss…
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