This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jim Roach never expected to be struggling with student debt in his 50s. When his daughter Lauren got accepted to Northwestern University, the Dallas-based serial entrepreneur and father of six…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Democratic and Republican policymakers have pushed for better consumer information about colleges and universities, but our new report on an effort to provide Virginia high school students with information on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to an annual industry report by Sightlines, deferred maintenance at U.S. colleges and universities exceeded $1 trillion in 2015, or $100 per facility square foot. This represents a 20 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As institutions of higher education struggle with increasing costs and decreasing public funding, many students are unable to complete their degrees or are left with unsustainable amounts of debt. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The press coverage of President Trump’s proposed changes to the federal student loan program has been nearly unanimous: The budget is a bad deal for college students. Prominent advocates for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in East Palo Alto — a Bay Area city once best known as the murder capital of the nation — Mar Y Sol Alvarado realized the importance of doing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In April, Virginia Tech joined a growing list of universities with their own crowdfunding platforms. These websites are designed to build a community of giving within the institution by encouraging…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With an increasing federal share in the funding of higher education comes motivation and responsibility for monitoring quality and outcomes, raising questions about how federal and state governments should work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The inequality at the heart of America’s education system HARTFORD, Conn.— This is one of the wealthiest states in the union. But thousands of children here attend schools that are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The beginning of May was the deadline for the last of high-school seniors to make their final decision about where they’re going to college next fall. For some it was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government’s involvement in student lending not only increases bureaucratic red tape, but also introduces harmful incentives into the marketplace. These practices, ostensibly intended to make college education more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As states move to adopt college- and career-ready accountability systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act, many educators and researchers argue that assessments will not be able to adequately…