This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID is highlighting the downsides of losing face-to-face contact in many aspects of life, including education, just as more and more research underscores how critical school relationships can be to students’ success. The latest example is a new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. College faculty are concerned the pandemic is widening gaps in student success and equity, per a recent survey of more than 850 instructors teaching introductory courses. The instructors, who represent more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s a foundational premise of the American dream: that through hard work and diligent study, young people can use education to access opportunities that were denied to their parents. However,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite their local impact, rural public colleges have received less per student in state appropriations than the national average, which includes state flagships and research institutions. Their tuition revenue is…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Raquan Wedderburn & Karen Biddle Andres outline trends in American student debt, and highlight the relationship between generational wealth and widening racial divides in debt burdens.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As school systems across the country learned when they were forced to suddenly close in spring 2020, remote instruction is a fundamentally different task than what school districts are designed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When schools closed last March, roughly 16 million U.S. K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. In the months that followed, many states and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Apprenticeships have a long history in the U.S., but they have yet to be widely adopted outside trades such as construction and utilities. Apprenticeships, which combine on-the-job and classroom training…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To help students during the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government eased restrictions to allow schools to provide students with free meals. These initiatives provide a valuable benefit to hungry students,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In order to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world, children need rich learning opportunities in and out of school that allow them to adapt and engage in independent and lifelong…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. MacKenzie Scott, author and the first accountant at Amazon, is leading a new wave of individual social impact philanthropy. Late in 2020, she announced her latest round of almost $6 billion in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an age of mega-donors and flashy facilities, higher education philanthropy increasingly is about bigness. Philanthropists and foundations scramble to put their names on buildings, endow chairs in popular departments,…