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May 07

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For these states and cities, funding college is money in the bank

By Hari Sreenivasan

A majority of American college graduates leave school with tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. The issue of paying for college is so concerning that several 2020 presidential candidates have proposed forgiving student debt or making public colleges…

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Nov 16

Non-degree ‘badges’ are booming. Are they really useful?

By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report

While there has generally been consensus about what a college degree represents, there’s confusion over how to define many of these new credentials and judge their usefulness for employers and job seekers.

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Nov 09

Some colleges are totally unaffordable, and this tool proves it

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

After years of escalating costs and stagnant earnings, new data show that some colleges have finally grown conclusively, decisively and categorically unaffordable for many Americans.

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Nov 02

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Could Harvard discrimination case change college admissions nationwide?

The Harvard admissions trial in Boston concluded Friday and it could have implications for affirmative action nationwide. The case alleges that qualified Asian-American applicants were denied admission because Harvard used other, non-academic measures to keep their numbers down. William Brangham…

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Oct 30

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Where support for college students is ‘high-tech, high-touch’

By Hari Sreenivasan, Merrill Schwerin

Florida is one of 35 states that tie college funding to graduation rates. But a new study,“The Pell Divide,” finds a difference in graduation rates between students who receive funding assistance from Pell Grants and those who don’t. Hari Sreenivasan…

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Oct 30

Billions in Pell Grants go to students who aren’t graduating, new data shows

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report

Taxpayers have spent more than $325 billion in the last decade on Pell Grants meant to help low-income students graduate, but only half of Pell recipients at four-year universities and colleges graduated within six years, new data show. It’s the…

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Oct 30

Growing up, college wasn’t part of his world. Did he beat the odds?

By Emily Hanford, APM Reports

Most students who start at community college don't graduate. Though Mario had overcome a lot in life just to enroll in college, the odds were against his earning a degree.

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Oct 26

She dreamed college would change her life. 10 years later, was she right?

By Emily Hanford, APM Reports

More than a third of community college students quit by the end of their first year. Just 15 percent complete a bachelor's degree within six years — and the rates are even lower for black and Hispanic students. This is…

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Oct 23

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Turning soldiers into scholars by turning military experience into college credit

By Hari Sreenivasan

Despite years leading troops and managing equipment on the front lines, soldiers returning to school may have to start from the beginning, alongside teenagers who have never held a similar level of responsibility. Now, a new Colorado law awards college…

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Oct 23

Why these veterans regret their for-profit college degrees — and debt

By Karina Hernandez, The Hechinger Report

A new documentary illuminates how veterans have been particularly vulnerable to abuses by the for-profit college industry.

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