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A weekly newsletter about the role of higher education in society, exposing failures and examining solutions. Plus, updates as we build Open Campus.

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Misperceptions about the regional public

  • Sara Hebel
  • January 14, 2021
They're not always trying to be something they're not. Very few are on the brink. And why don't we consider them prestigious?
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What’s ahead for higher ed

  • Sara HebelandScott Smallwood
  • January 8, 2021
Democrats are taking control in Washington, the pandemic is upending yet another semester, and states are reckoning with deep cuts.
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A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year

  • Sara HebelandScott Smallwood
  • December 17, 2020
What 2020 taught us about the role of higher ed in society
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What happened to the class of 2020?

  • Sara Hebel
  • December 11, 2020
Far fewer graduates enrolled in college, and the drops were steep at low-income high schools. We looked at diverted paths in Akron, Ohio.
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How many people can ride in that elevator?

A new analysis of colleges’ role in social mobility says too many highly selective universities effectively hoard opportunity.
Scott Smallwood
Scott Smallwood
  • December 3, 2020
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Cancel Student Debt? We’re Already Doing It.

  • Scott Smallwood
  • November 20, 2020
The real debt crisis, one expert says, is one of non-repayment.
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A Tale of Two Jefferson Counties

  • Sara HebelandScott Smallwood
  • November 13, 2020
They embody how much the college degree has become the fault line in American politics.
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That Blue Dot on the Map? It’s the Flagship

  • Scott Smallwood
  • November 6, 2020
Democrats win almost every county with a flagship university — and the gaps keep widening.
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The Education of Our Electorate

  • Sara Hebel
  • October 30, 2020
More Democratic voters than Republican voters have a college degree. It wasn't always this way.
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Could Zoom School Shift Our Thinking on Free College?

A provocative idea suggests the federal government pay colleges to create a high-quality, centralized set of online courses.
Scott Smallwood
Scott Smallwood
  • October 23, 2020

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