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About 7 in 10 teenagers said completing college is “extremely” or “very” important for getting good jobs, and about 6 in 10 ...
College tuition keeps rising because no one in the higher ed ecosystem is structurally incentivized to keep costs low.
The St. Vrain Valley School District is using its K-8 summer school program, Project Launch, as a training opportunity for ...
Sharon Mitchell will retire Aug. 1 as director of counseling services and senior director of student wellness.
College Unbound's mission is to reinvent the higher education experience for underserved adult learners, using a student-driven model of rigorous and engaged scholarship.
Many college mission statements commit their institutions to civic education, and that goal is one of the few ambitions both right and left agree should be at the center of students’ education.
Until recently, most Americans considered college a good investment. But only 22 percent now believe a four-year degree is worth pursuing if it requires taking out loans. Given a choice of five ...
A common narrative about American higher education is that a four-year college education is more expensive than ever.
And deliver an education that is, well, more good? My new book, Publicization: How Public and Private Interests Can Reinvent Education for the Common Good (Teachers College Press), argues that ...
American culture -- and job markets -- place an outsized importance on a four-year college education at a time when many students either do not have one, or leave college unprepared for the ...