Miami Herald reporter Michael Vasquez has spent a year digging into Florida’s for-profit college industry for a series called Higher Ed Hustle. About 300,000 Florida students attend a for-profit college,…
Most high-school seniors planning to enroll in college this fall already have made up their minds about where they are going. But for many others, this is the final week…
The significance of a higher education seems undeniable. Children are taught at a young age that attending college and getting a degree is crucial to getting a good job, which…
Even though employment and earnings have improved for many Americans in the last quarter century, they have worsened pretty dramatically for people with less education, according to a new analysis of changes…
Despite the nationwide call to arms for “college-for-all,” 60 percent of American adults today have not completed a postsecondary credential, and high college costs are widely cited as the primary…
The overall persistence rate for students who entered college in fall 2013 was 1.0 percentage points higher than that of students who entered college in fall 2012, while the retention…
anta Fe College, in Gainesville, Florida, is the 2015 recipient of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Selected from among thousands of colleges, Santa Fe has a completion rate…
Agreat deal of effort across higher education has been devoted to increasing access and establishing the conditions for success by low-income and first-generation students. If American higher education is to…
Last year, the Lumina Foundation, partnered with some other education groups, launched a nationwide campaign to get the percent of Americans with a college degree to 60 percent before 2025….
A new survey of Americans without a college degree finds that most believe that education beyond high school is necessary, but too expensive. The American Enterprise Institute asked 1,500 adults who…