Higher Education

The secondary examination of the national and public universities starts at the Tokyo University in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo on February 25, 2021. The examinees wearing face masks maintain social distance while testing amid a pandemic of the new coronavirus COVID-19. The examiners wear face shields and transparent partitions are set on each desk. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images )

During the pandemic, ‘lost’ education jobs aren’t what they seem

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

student debt

Student debt cancellation should consider wealth, not income

Andre M. Perry and Carl Romer

Thursday, February 25, 2021

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: Food consumption and test scores, CARES Act unemployment benefits, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Jordan Jansen, 12, does school work at the kitchen table in his family's Middletown home Jan. 25, 2021. The Jansen's four school aged children are doing full time virtual learning as their parents have opted to keep them home for the entire school year due to COVID-19 concerns.Learning Curve

Educators are key in protecting student mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Marty Swanbrow Becker

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

college campus in the fall

The economic case for doubling the Pell Grant

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Wisconsin university

With techies fleeing the coasts, America’s heartland has a shot at economic revival—if we save its higher education institutions

Thursday, February 11, 2021

People walk outside Hostos Community College in the Bronx borough of New York, U.S., December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Stackable credentials can open doors to new career opportunities

Katharine Meyer and Ben Castleman

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Thomas Coverson, 19, a freshman at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, explains his passion for the history of the civil rights movement in front of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech" at Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, January 8, 2009. Barack Obama's election as the first black U.S. president has rekindled interest in the U.S. civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s at a time of continuing wide disparities in income, education and health care between whites and minority groups. Picture taken January 8, 2009. REUTERS/Andrea Shalal-Esa (UNITED STATES)

When it comes to student success, HBCUs do more with less

Monday, January 18, 2021

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: Merit-based aid, rebuilding a divided America, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Higher Ed

Higher education’s reopening decisions affected the most vulnerable students

Kristen Broady, Eliana Buckner, Jennifer Umanzor, and Sarah Wheaton

Monday, January 11, 2021