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First-generation college students say higher education is a way for them to improve their families’ lives, and their own. Hispanolistic/E+ via Getty Images

Beyond social mobility, college students value giving back to society

Students who are the first in their family to attend college view a college degree differently than children of college-educated parents, researchers find.
Currently, the total outstanding federal student loan debt is $1.7 trillion. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Student loan debt is crushing Americans – 4 essential reads

As federal student loan debt continues to rise, a number of scholars discuss how debt affects the nation’s college students, graduates and the economy as a whole.
President Obama sought to make the United States the most college-educated nation in the world by 2020. RIDTHISING/Shutterstock.com

The problem with the push for more college degrees

Efforts to get more Americans to earn a college degree steal attention from what makes up a college education, a historian of education argues.
Whether you have two majors or one, graduation is a celebration. Syda Productions/Shutterstock.com

Does it pay to get a double major in college?

Double-majoring is thought to broaden your horizons and give you more career options. A new look at seven years of U.S. census data tells us that there may be a financial benefit as well.
To which cities are young graduates headed? University of the Fraser Valley

Where are new college grads going to find jobs?

A changing world has affected educated workers decisions about where they want to live and work. What are the choices millennials are making?
Does Trump University follow the for-profit model? Reuters/Rick Wilking

The truth about for-profit colleges and Trump University

For-profit colleges and universities have been in a lot of trouble. But the case of Trump University is different. To start with, it cannot even be called a for-profit university.

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