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New research on police departments across the country reveals a significant link between the use of fatal force and college education – the more educated are less likely to use it.
An experimental program to provide a college education in prison is about to increase its reach. Is there evidence that it will pay off?
Academic tenure – a system of job protections for university professors – came about in the early 20th century. Will it survive in the 21st century? A scholar weighs in.
An economics professor investigates why college men are more likely to push back when they don’t get the grades they want.
Are preschool teachers with college degrees better at their jobs?
Post-World War II California built an unrivalled system of higher education combining access, affordability and choice. Then a contraction of the vision came in the 1980s.
Three out of 10 students borrow the maximum amount available to them as loans. How well do students understand the long-term costs of borrowing?
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?
US colleges are failing to prepare students for life in a competitive, globalized economy.
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