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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of...
Rinata Williams was an “extraordinary” student, who always wanted to go to college. She dreamed of attending a historically black school out of state, maybe Spelman College or Clark Atlanta...
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The students disappearing fastest from American campuses? Middle-class ones
Though he is considered middle class, Alec Scicchitano knew he “needed to go to a university that would give really good financial aid.” He qualified for a new tuition scholarship at the University of...
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The U.S. Department of Education published its annual look at student loan default rates last week, singling out 15 higher education institutions for rates so high that they are at risk of losing their...
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Harvard critic finds white jocks and rich kids get preferential treatment in...
An expert witness who is a critic of Harvard admissions releases a new study finding white bias. Tara Garcia Mathewson/The Hechinger Report Just before the October 2019 federal court decision...
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Questioning their fairness, a record number of colleges stop requiring the...
A student works on a sample SAT test during her Kaplan SAT course. Concerns over socioeconomic differences in the results, among other problems, are bringing new scrutiny to standardized admission...
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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive
Willamette University in Oregon acquired a California theological seminary — and, with it, more enrollment and new programs that can help the school lower per-student costs and improve its competitive...
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New routes to success in learning are popping up around the country
The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times’s education supplement, Learning. Vita Blanco at her graduation celebration at a friend’s...
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Student loan default rates inch down as for-profit sector contracts
Student loan default rates have inched down in recent years. National Student Loan Data System Despite all the concern about the student loan crisis in our nation, student loan default rates have been...
View ArticleBlack college students in Illinois get the short end of the financial stick
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Thursday. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter Choose as many as...
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Helping students with intellectual disabilities conquer college
Courtney Jorgensen is a freshman in the Aggies Elevated program for students with intellectual disabilities Photo: Kim Raff for The Hechinger Report LOGAN, Utah — It was Day One of orientation for the...
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In one country, women now outnumber men in college by two to one
The bar at the University of Iceland, a campus where women outnumber men by two to one. Photo: Heiða Helgadóttir for The Hechinger Report REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Happy hour at the bar at the University...
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How Louisiana’s richest students go to college on the backs of the poor
CROWN mentor Rodney Woods speaks to incoming freshman Eric Sims during the CROWN orientation at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The...
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University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost...
Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of the city’s South Side, the University of Chicago could be the first college or university in the nation where total advertised cost for an undergraduate breaks...
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How one Navajo Nation high school is trying to help students see a future...
Chinle High senior Cooper Burbank shooting hoops with his younger brother. Burbank hopes to get bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering. Photo courtesy of Caitlin O’Hara Nachae Nez is a...
View ArticleMore students are leaving college without a degree
Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter Choose as many as you like Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Mississippi Learning Leave this field empty if you're human: Not everyone who...
View ArticleOPINION: DACA isn’t ‘the sweeping magic wand of access that higher education...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments for several cases regarding the legality of the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA decision, which...
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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in...
Danilo Moreta, a graduate student raised in Colombia, leads a Spanish language section of a plant science course, Applications in Molecular Diagnostics. Photo: Jon Reis for The Hechinger Report...
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HBCUs are leading centers of education — why are they treated as second-class...
Chinedu Nwokeafor, an alumnus of Morgan State University, speaks during a rally in support of Maryland’s four historically black colleges in Annapolis, Maryland, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Photo:...
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How one country with close parallels to the United States has made college free
Pilar Vega Martinez, a nursing student at the University of Chile, benefited from free tuition in Chile — until she got sick and missed classes. Now the perk will run out for her before she finishes...
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As diagnoses rise, more colleges add services for students with autism
Jared Jellicorse with his mother, Marla. The Jellicorses chose the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga because of Mosaic, a comprehensive support program for students with autism. He’s now a...
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