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Tatiana Flowers / AP How Much Does the Government Really Need to Know About College Students in America?
Some say a new proposal that would allow federal agencies to collect higher-education data will benefit degree-seekers, but critics argue that it’s an infringement on privacy and could put those who are undocumented at risk.
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David Mercer / AP The Decline of the Midwest's Public Universities Threatens to Wreck Its Most Vibrant Economies
And there could be far-reaching consequences for the national economy too.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Why Colleges Are Borrowing Billions
Higher-education institutions are overspending on renovations and new facilities that they hope will boost enrollment, but experts say this plan could lead to financial crisis.
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Ben Smith / The Hechinger Report The Rural Higher-Education Crisis
When it comes to college enrollment, students in Middle America—many of them white—face an uphill battle against economic and cultural deterrents.
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Steve Russell / The Hechinger Report How the Humanities Can Train Entrepreneurs
A Canadian business program is making literature, philosophy, and the arts part of the curriculum in hopes of enhancing both fields of study—and students’ careers—in the process.
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Max Petrosky / The Hechinger Report Why Suburban Schools Are Inflating Kids' Grades
Middle-class high-schoolers aren’t getting any smarter, but their GPAs are rising—and that’s pushing their poor peers further behind.
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Max Petrosky Why Men Are the New College Minority
Males are enrolling in higher education at alarmingly low rates, and some colleges are working hard to reverse the trend.
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Peggy Peattie Community Colleges Rarely Graduate the Veterans They Recruit
The amount of GI Bill money may be large, but student success is small.
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Ihsaan Haffejee The Violent Fight for Higher Education
In South Africa, student anger over tuition costs and access has bubbled over—and some observers say the tumult is a harbinger of worldwide unrest.
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Courtesy of the University of Dayton How University Costs Keep Rising Despite Tuition Freezes
Ballooning fees are leaving some students feeling nickel-and-dimed.
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Kate Flock / The Hechinger Report The Applied Learning of War
The hands-on approach of the U.S. Naval War College prepares students to learn faster and retain the information longer.
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Liam Richards How Canadian Schools Succeed in Nudging Indigenous Students Through College
Could an approach that succeeded in getting the minority group to college work in the United States?
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Sebastian Wells / The Hechinger Report The Higher-Education Crisis Beneath a Civil War
Thousands of Syrian students’ schooling is on pause, and though many would like to continue their learning in America, immigration policies make that all but impossible.
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James A. Finley / AP The Reason Behind Colleges' Ballooning Bureaucracies
Universities’ executive, administrative, and managerial offices grew 15 percent during the recession, even as budgets were cut and tuition was increased.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Why Segregation in College Increases After Freshman Year
Campus divides along racial and socioeconomic lines deepen as students are priced out of expensive residence halls.
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University of Minnesota The Paradox of New Buildings on Campus
Even as long-neglected maintenance threatens to further escalate the price of higher education, universities continue to borrow and spend record amounts on new buildings.
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Courtesy of Grove City College The Controversial Reason Some Religious Colleges Forgo Federal Funding
The schools avoid reporting requirements, but students can’t get grants or loans.
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Dominic Barnfather Why Are More Poor Kids Going to College in the U.K.?
The United Kingdom has been far more successful than the U.S. in sending low-income students to higher education.
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Matt Rourke / AP Whom Do College-Affordability Efforts Help the Most?
Mainly the rich
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Russell Boyce / Reuters How Britain Is Encouraging More Men to Go to College
Like the U.S., the U.K. is facing a growing imbalance in the number of men going to college—but is doing more to target its main minority group of poor white males.
