Two years ago, the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to opportunity in America when it gutted access to higher education for underrepresented groups. That
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Tuition discounting is a tactic private colleges have long used to control a primary revenue stream. But over the past decade, an increasingly precarious financial
(Program note: In order to reduce the competition for attention, this column’s Monday and Thursday schedule has been changed to Monday and Friday.) Monday’s post
The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas could prove to be the final straw for Indian students’ plans to study in the U.S., with other
Ask people at Columbia, Harvard or UCLA how things are going for higher education, and they might rightly say that things are quite dismal. Those
University officials found “no basis” that Dixon posed a threat or violated university policy. Marin Herold/iStock/Getty Images Plus Dwayne Dixon, a professor at the University
Each year at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, there’s a group of filmmakers who need their parents’ permission to attend their own movie
El Roberts’ alarm blares at 4:50 a.m. each day, alerting her of the need to wake up to head to figure skating practice before school.
As industries evolve and the skills gap widens, the question remains: How can we better connect education to employment? In this episode of The Idea
For many years, students often felt they had to choose between college or a career. One path was widely viewed as academic and prestigious, while