Dozens of people in Colorado and Pittsburgh shared their personal experiences with student debt. Borrowing for college can open up opportunities, their stories show, and it can narrow them, too.
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.
In places like Craig, Colo., the local college looms large. Can it retrain residents? Can it help diversify the economy? Can it help a region reimagine its future?