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Before you nag your college-age child to pull their own weight, consider the circumstances they face during the COVID-19 pandemic, advises the author of a book on college students.
The COVID-19 outbreak presents many opportunities for students to develop needed solutions to real-life problems, says a researcher overseeing school project to produce personal protective equipment.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, traces its lineage to students who learned from a ‘second curriculum’ at historically black colleges and universities, a historian recounts.
For-profit colleges have a history of deceptive practices that have left thousands of students in the lurch, two higher education scholars warn.
Organization is key for students to discover the motivation needed to complete their studies online at home, an expert on college coursework says.
Colleges will likely offer bigger financial aid packages to compete for students amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak, a former admissions officer says.
The economic fallout from COVID-19 will likely harm new workers in distinct ways with long-term effects, three economists say.
Without government intervention, three experts warn, HBCUs will have a difficult time bouncing back from the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Census data are used to determine federal funding on everything from highway construction to poverty services. With many students heading back to their parents’ homes, college towns may take a hit.
A new survey shows that people with advanced degrees make more money starting out on the same jobs as those with just bachelor’s degrees. But there’s more to the story, two sociologists note.
A researcher takes a closer look at an online compilation of sexual harassment reports on campus.
Colleges often seek to boost student diversity, build a strong academic class and bring in more tuition money. A former enrollment manager says it can be difficult to do all three.
As a student protest continues at Syracuse University, a scholar argues that student activism is a valuable part of the college experience.
Success in finding an internship is tied to factors that range from prior experience to local unemployment rates, new research has found.
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.
An economics professor investigates why college men are more likely to push back when they don’t get the grades they want.
New research shows that low-income students who qualify for the federal Pell Grant tend to go to non-selective colleges – and why that hurts their chances of graduation.
Two experts in higher education policy explain the high hurdles that must be cleared to use bankruptcy to escape crushing student loan debt.
A lot of the pressure that leads college students to keep their views to themselves comes from other students, not faculty, new research shows.
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