The Great College Rip-Off
Why higher education in the U.S. is so expensive, and what students really pay for.
Why College Became So Expensive
And what that has meant for America’s middle-class families
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Alicia Tatone The College-Affordability Crisis Is Uniting the 2020 Democratic Candidates
Well, sort of
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Why Many College Dropouts Are Returning to School in North Carolina
A new plan to lower tuition has led to a 60 percent jump in the number of students who have reenrolled at one university.
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Library of Congress The Little College Where Tuition Is Free and Every Student Is Given a Job
Berea College, in Kentucky, has paid for every enrollee’s education using its endowment for 126 years. Can other schools replicate the model?
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Alicia Tatone America Wakes Up From Its Dream of Free College
A flurry of state and local programs to cover students’ tuition and attention by top politicians made a national program seem possible. Then Trump won.
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Alicia Tatone At Private Colleges, Students Pay for Prestige
In most other countries outside the U.S., the most prestigious universities are public.
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Alicia Tatone Why Is College in America So Expensive?
The outrageous price of a U.S. degree is unique in the world.
