Higher Education Archives

News in Brief

‘I Don’t Blame the University for a Rape. I Blame Them for How They Responded to It.’

Laura Hanson says University of Oregon attorneys obtained her counseling records without her permission. The university says it did nothing wrong, but has since changed its policy.

Charles Ornstein

News in Brief

A Cautionary Tale for International Development Students

Your perspective might change, but the world won’t—not until you leave the classroom.

Hershal Pandya

Economics

The Big Gap in Graduation Rates Between Poor and Wealthy Students

For the first time ever, the public can see the graduation rates for Pell grant recipients at over 1,000 schools.

Annie Waldman

Economics

Colleges Flush With Cash Are Saddling Their Poorest Students With Debt

A ProPublica analysis of newly available federal data shows that some of the nation’s wealthiest colleges are leaving their poorest students with plenty of debt.

Annie Waldman & Sisi Wei

Education

Bidding My College-Bound Son Good Riddance

I have raised a sweet, thoughtful, environmentally conscious monster—and soon I will be free.

Ronnie Cohen

Education

The Future of Work: To Help Workers, Fix Our Community Colleges

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

Joshua Lewis

Education

The Soup to Nuts Approach to Financing College

The presidential campaign trail is littered with ideas for making college more affordable, but none of them address the potential game-changer of a wealth-based approach to financing an education.

Rachel Black, William Elliott III & Melinda Lewis