Can our best universities get bigger — please?
The top-ranked private universities have grown just 18 percent in four decades — far behind the rest of higher ed.
The rhyming history of for-profit colleges
The recent battles over gainful employment with the Obama administration? The cozy relationship the Trump administration had with the sector? We’ve seen it all before.
Holding Transcripts Hostage
A recent study estimated as many as 6.6 million people can't get their transcripts because they still owe their college money.
What a deep mistrust of higher ed looks like
An entire political party, it seems, has lost faith in their public colleges. In one Idaho town, an us-versus-them mentality is quickly solidifying.
The diversity gap between students and campus police
Roughly half of the nearly 800 sworn officers employed by California’s two public-university systems are white, compared with less than a quarter of students.
How higher ed is failing Black Americans
They are underrepresented at our best colleges and overrepresented at some of our worst.
A big public role for small colleges
If we care about life in rural America, we have to care about the plight of these campuses.
The country’s issues, reflected in Mississippi
The flagship is really white in a state that is not. And for-profit colleges play a disproportionate role for Black residents.
How a little-known Ohio university became the biggest provider of college in prisons
Second Chance Pell has brought more than $30 million to Ashland.
What’s ahead for higher ed
Democrats are taking control in Washington, the pandemic is upending yet another semester, and states are reckoning with deep cuts.