Filter & Sort
Obama's Ratings for Higher Ed
President proposes new system to evaluate colleges -- and plan to offer greater Pell Grants and more favorable loans to those who attend institutions with the best rankings.
The Next Target
Adjuncts have widely been subjected to course load caps ahead of the Affordable Care Act. Could graduate students be next?
ACT Scores Slip
Average ACT scores are the lowest they've been in five years. English and reading scores dropped the most from last year.
Gender, Jobs and G.P.A.
Study links gender gap in high school grade-point average with students' intentions, as early as middle school, to go to college.
Bridging the Gap
College readiness initiative -- focused on leveraging programs and resources to drive college-going for all students -- was particularly successful with African-American and Latino students.
Opinion
The PLUS Loan Problem
The federal government should revise its loan program for parents and graduate students to better protect borrowers and taxpayers, Justin Draeger writes.
Meritocracy or Bias?
Study finds that when white people are told of the success of Asian applicants, their commitment to basing admissions on grades and test scores drops.
Admissions Mismatch
Most students either "undermatch" (enroll at lower-quality colleges than they could get into) or "overmatch" (enroll at colleges that typically have better students than they are), new study finds. And students' choices -- not colleges' decisions -- are the reason why.