JUSTIN POPE, AP Education WriterHomeStudy: Race-neutral Admissions Can WorkAs the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice. A new report out Wednesday offers a big reason for their optimism: evidence from at least some of the nine states that don’t use affirmative action that leading public universities can bring meaningful diversity to their campuses through race-neutral means.October 3, 2012Community CollegesColleges Pledge to Graduate Additional 4 MillionNearly 500 public colleges that account for three-quarters of all four-year college students pledged Tuesday to produce a combined 3.8 million additional graduates by 2025, an ambitious target that would help bring the United States closer to its goal of regaining its lost global lead in college attainment.October 2, 2012Community CollegesAnalysis: New Studies Weigh College Value and CostTwo new studies offer emphatic answers to much-discussed questions about higher education: Yes, a college degree is worth it, but yes, it’s the middle-class that’s getting particularly squeezed with student debt in the pursuit of one.August 20, 2012HomeStudents Footing More of Bill for Public Higher EducationStudy shows with public colleges now getting more than 43 percent of their revenues from student tuition as opposed to state and local taxpayers, compared to less than 30 percent as recently as a decade ago.March 18, 2012HomeNot Quite an MIT Degree, but MITx May Still AppealThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that it will offer credentials under the name “MITx” to students who complete the online version of certain courses, starting with a pilot program this spring.December 19, 2011HomeCan Washington Help What Ails American Higher Education?Amid record budget deficits, can Washington actually do anything to help make American colleges less expensive and more productive?December 9, 2011StudentsAnalysis: Is Student-loan-driven Education Bubble Next?Are student loans and higher education the next bubble, the latest investment craze inflating on borrowed money and misplaced faith it can never go bad?November 6, 2011Community CollegesFor-profit Colleges Haul in Government AidAn Associated Press analysis shows surging proportions of both low-income students and the recently boosted government money that follows them are ending up at for-profit schools, from local career colleges to giant publicly traded chains such as the University of Phoenix, Kaplan and Devry.November 29, 2009Community CollegesCollege Tuition is Up Sharply Amid RecessionWith the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.October 22, 2009HomePupils don’t aim high enough for collegeFour years ago, two of the most influential researchers in higher education dove into a huge pool of data hoping to answer a bedeviling question: Why do so many students who start college fail to graduate?September 10, 2009Previous PagePage 2 of 3Next Page
