Not all free college programs are the same. New research finds that eligibility requirements and other features influence outcomes.
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New research shines a light on which students are most likely to enroll in community college when they find out it is free.
As tuition-free college plans gain momentum, a researcher examines public views about whether free college should be extended to everyone or just those who have earned it.
West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler set out to visit high school students throughout the Texas Panhandle and the South Plains with a simple message about student loans.
Free community college is touted as a way to make college more accessible. But research shows making community college free comes at a cost to four-year colleges.
A new law in Washington state that makes college mostly free for many students is meant to prepare more residents from the state for jobs in the local economy. Whether it will work remains to be seen.
The odds of foreclosure double for families who send their kids off to college, according to two researchers who say their findings show a need for new ways for Americans pay for higher education.
As students head back to campus, the ever higher cost of a college education is once again top of mind. The presidents of Colorado College, Penn State and Xavier University weigh in on what’s to be done.
What does tuition-free college mean in other parts of the world? And what would it mean for international students?
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have called for making colleges and universities debt-free or tuition-free. Disadvantaged students need more than free college to achieve success.
College education results in not just better earnings, but better health care and child development as well as political stability and lower criminal justice costs. Should states invest more?
When the first universities opened in Europe, some 800 years ago, students literally borrowed from a chest and used their books as collateral.
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Dean and Professor of Higher and International Education, Executive Director of SUNY's Strategic, Academic, and Innovative Leadership (SAIL) Institute, and Co-Director of the Cross-Border Education Research Team, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of English, UMass Amherst
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Adjunct associate, Brown University
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PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania
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Ph.D. Candidate, Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
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President, Colorado College
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President, Xavier University of Louisiana, Xavier University of Louisiana
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President, Penn State
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Assistant Professor, New York University
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Assistant Professor, Cornell University
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Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Professor of Education, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, Southern Methodist University
