Universities, once struggling to keep up with the surge in demand for counseling during the pandemic, have since scaled up their support services. As a result, more students are asking for help.
Fifteen years ago, the Obama administration and philanthropic foundations encouraged more Americans to get a college degree. Remedial classes were a big barrier. Two-thirds of community college students and 40% of four-year college students weren't academically prepared for college-level work and were forced to take prerequisite "developmental" courses that didn't earn them college credits. Many […]
A flood of college rankings have hit higher ed over the last several months, with varying degrees of acceptance or rejection. It's more of the latter emotion for one sector of higher ed.
Many students start community college with the hope of getting an associate degree and then transferring to a four-year institution, such as a California State University or University of California campus. But a state audit, released today, found that the vast majority of these students never accomplish their goal. "Only about 1 in 5 students who […]
Nearly 1 in 4 undergraduate students and about one-third of graduate students have children, and campus child care can help address some of the challenges student parents face. The number of colleges offering campus child care services has declined in recent years—a trend accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, experts say. "The child care workforce continues […]
U.S. News & World Report's latest college rankings are out and a handful of institutions rocketed up the charts thanks to a formula tilted more in favor of schools that succeed in enrolling and graduating students from all backgrounds.
Recent history shows us that a concerted nationwide effort can improve students' outcomes, such as the gains made in high school graduation rates over the past 20 years.
Students and their families fret about the rising costs of college tuition, but housing costs are rising faster. The average cost of a dorm room at a four-year college rose by 37% in 10 years, from $5,433 in the 2012-13 academic year to $7,456 in 2022-23, federal datashows. In the same span, tuition and fees […]
