By Tim Goral. President Barack Obama on Saturday debuted a redesigned online tool with college-specific information about student costs, loans and potential earning power, scaling back a planned ratings system that critics derided as too subjective and unworkable. More...
21 septembre 2015
Obama promotes online search tool with college-specific data
Where are the college resources for undocumented students?
By Tim Goral. Like many students at the College of Southern Nevada, Brenda Romero goes to class, studies regularly and finds time for extracurricular activities. More...
Colleges rethink amount, type of math needed to graduate
By Tim Goral. Dena DeYoung traces her trouble with math back to sixth grade, when a well-intended placement test showed she was smart enough to do advanced work. More...
Soaring student loan burden poses risk to economic growth
By Tim Goral. Jorge Villalba was a construction worker when the housing market began slowing in 2005, so the Glendale, Calif., resident changed jobs and decided to invest in his future by going to college. So far, the investment hasn’t paid off. More...
In-state college tuition for veterans extended nationwide
By Stefanie Botelho. The Choice Act lets discharged veterans and their dependents apply their education benefits to any public institution. More...
Researcher brings credibility to campus police reform
By Matt Zalaznick. Criminal justice professor and public safety expert Robin Engel’s extensive background working with both law enforcement and community advocates should give plenty of credibility to her leadership of the police reform initiative launched by University of Cincinnati after an officer-involved shooting near campus this summer. More...
Innovation Center at The New School
By Lauren Williams. Located in downtown Manhattan, the 23,000-square-foot Innovation Center at The New School is an AV-intensive facility that’s open 24/7. More...
Campus tours that turn heads
By Ioanna Opidee. In an era when prospective students and their parents can learn about hundreds of schools from the comfort of their homes, the in-person campus tour offers a golden opportunity to tip the scales in your favor. More...
Obama’s ‘Scorecard’ debuts to mixed reviews
By Tim Goral. College Scorecard details what graduates earn, how much student debt they carry and more. More...
The Deepening of Photography
By Oronte. I’m on the email list for a group called Saigon Kids, mostly Americans who were children and teens in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand in the 1950s and ‘60s, due to parents who were teachers, government officials, diplomatic staff, civilian contractors, medical professionals, and military in the early years of the war. I was born in Saigon; my father was on a USAID team from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he taught. Read more...
