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The scale of this debt is remarkable. It’s not a little bit bigger. The amount black parents are taking on is proportionately enormous.

Debates about meritocracy and college are in the air this fall.

This chemistry professor believes everybody can get an A. First, faculty need to change their attitudes.

How well are colleges moving people up social and economic ladders? And are we paying enough attention?

Make $167,000 a year? Then you can afford your state’s public flagship university. Otherwise … This newsletter, the Open Campus Weekly Dispatch, tackles higher education’s role in society. Sign up here.…

Is college a scam? Read a fascinating thread about why people think so. Also, a new book examines the impact of student debt on families.

We took ourselves back to school on our Back-To-School Road Trip from Minneapolis to New Orleans. Here’s what we learned, who we met, and some bonus travel tips.

We’re on the road. Our first stops are in Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois, where we’re talking with people about the role of college in their lives and neighborhoods.

We’re not being very thoughtful about how we judge how much good a college is doing — for students or for society.

More than one in two public-college students go to college within 50 miles of home. What does that mean for rural America?