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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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How higher ed is failing Black Americans

  • Sara HebelandScott Smallwood
  • February 25, 2021
They are underrepresented at our best colleges and overrepresented at some of our worst.
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A big public role for small colleges

  • Scott Smallwood
  • February 18, 2021
If we care about life in rural America, we have to care about the plight of these campuses.
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Can a college help save a rural coal town?

  • Sara Hebel
  • February 11, 2021
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?
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The country’s issues, reflected in Mississippi

  • Scott Smallwood
  • February 4, 2021
The flagship is really white in a state that is not. And for-profit colleges play a disproportionate role for Black residents.
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The failings of for-profit colleges

As national higher ed debates focus on issues of cost and racial equity, one sector’s problems loom large.
Sara Hebel
Sara Hebel
  • January 28, 2021
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How a little-known Ohio university became the biggest provider of college in prisons

  • Scott Smallwood
  • January 21, 2021
Second Chance Pell has brought more than $30 million to Ashland.
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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?

Far fewer graduates enrolled in college, and the drops were steep at low-income high schools. We looked at diverted paths in Akron, Ohio.
Sara Hebel
Sara Hebel
  • December 11, 2020

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