This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On an unseasonably frigid Thursday in November, Julian Vasquez Heilig, who is both a professor at California State University Sacramento and the California NAACP education chair, stood before an audience…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Scott Gordon had just arrived in his job as provost of Eastern Washington University when an alumnus approached him at a meet-and-greet in the Skyline Ballroom of Spokane’s Hotel RL.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. So far 35 states tie some funding for public colleges to metrics like graduation rates or degree production. The Higher Education Act rewrite the GOP is advancing in the U.S. House…
The college-going population continues to become more diverse racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically. Yet traditionally underrepresented students, who are more likely than others to begin at a community college, are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Among New York City boroughs, the Bronx has the lowest percentage of residents with student loans. Bronx residents with loans tended to borrow smaller amounts than those living elsewhere in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past, we’ve often thought about formal education as the acquisition of broad skills at a fixed point in time, with training ending at about age 18, 22 or…
Overall, this study found several key factors that might help improve postsecondary completion. First, nearly all the case study cities had established partnerships across education sectors and between colleges and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This September, 4,439 South Dakota high school seniors (approximately 55 percent of the state’s senior population) received letters from Secretary of Education Dr. Melody Schopp, announcing their general acceptance into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Duke was founded on the philanthropy of James B. Duke. Now, its students have found a way to give back—in class. Students in the first-year seminar, named Values in Action,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dustin Gordon grew up thinking he would work the land. He’s from Sharpsburg, Iowa, population 89, where agriculture is the lifeblood of the region. He says most of his friends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Julie Comeaux’s 17-year-old son, Matthew, is a student with special needs. He has tuberous sclerosis, epilepsy and autism, but that hasn’t stopped him from being ambitious at school. He has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These two studies add important new information to the policy debates regarding student debt. The Yannelis study offers evidence that if policymakers were to end bankruptcy and wage garnishment policies…