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Concerns About Community College Students and Loans
Usually groups like the Project on Student Debt are worried about college students taking on too large a loan burden...
Crowding Out For-Profit Colleges
Study finds taxpayer-supported bond initiatives shift students from area proprietary institutions to community colleges, boosting enrollment at these already crowded public institutions.
U.S. Decline or a Flawed Measure?
New version of British rankings of universities worldwide suggests that American dominance is eroding, but is the methodology meaningful? Is Berkeley really No. 39?
Will Work for Beer
Economists find evidence that college students choose to take jobs not to pay tuition but to cover other expenses and, unless they work a lot, those jobs don't do much to harm their academic performance.
Served, Yes, But Well-Served?
Nearly a quarter of all Pell Grant funds now go to students at for-profit colleges. What does that mean for the students, and for higher education?
Study Explores Gap in Latino College Attainment
While 89 percent of Latino young adults (ages 16 to 25) say that a college education is important for success...
Senator Wants to End NSF Funds for Political Science
Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, is proposing that Congress bar the National Science Foundation from supporting research in political...