At colleges with a majority-Black student population, Black and white students graduate at the same rate.
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Students of color graduate at higher rates when they go to colleges where there are larger portions of the student body and faculty who are also of color.
Six out of 10 community college students do not earn a degree.
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Community college students reveal some of the top reasons why they leave school without a degree.
First-generation college students say higher education is a way for them to improve their families’ lives, and their own.
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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.
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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.
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Though some have suggested that college majors should be scrapped, a higher education scholar warns that getting rid of college majors may create more problems than it solves.
The job market is still tough for many Americans.
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The presidents of the University of Michigan, the University of Oregon and The Ohio State University offer three ways to judge the value of a college education.
Whether you have two majors or one, graduation is a celebration.
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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.
What do students know when they are taking out loans?
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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.
When’s enough enough?
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The affordability of college has been at the forefront of the presidential campaign, but the real problem is that we’re too educated for the jobs available.
On the list of students’ struggles are basic necessities – food.
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Students are going hungry on college campuses. The latest survey shows that four in 10 University of California students do not have access to nutritious food.