Comeback in Compton
The athletic field at Compton College is a freshly manicured, lush green with new stadium lights hovering above.
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Why women hold the majority of student loan debt in america
America’s student loan debt problem is nearing a full-blown crisis.
Pa. lawmakers looking at free college
First, New York state started offering free college tuition to middle-class residents. Now, Pennsylvania lawmakers want to see something similar–– but some area residents, including a local lawmaker, are questioning such a move.
P.R.’s public university system is in disarray
Most college students in the US are making plans for the summer. For some of the many Puerto Rican college students who came to the mainland to continue their studies after Hurricane Maria roared through the island last September, this time of the year brings a more complex question — whether to stay or go back home.
46 percent of colleges employ virtual reality in courses
About half of universities and colleges have deployed virtual reality in some form on campus, but there will be more demands to develop it — and with the technology improving and prices falling, institutions will find it easier to move ahead
University unveils program to attract top Chinese students
The University of New Hampshire has unveiled a program designed to attract Chinese students with high scores on a national exam in China.
Trump administration undermined student debt relief unit while claims mounted
As thousands of applications for student debt forgiveness poured into the U.S. Education Department, the Trump administration cut the staff working on the claims and ordered a halt to an overhaul of the system, according to the agency’s inspector general.
Virtual advisers help out with college admissions
Nearly 1 in 4 high-achieving, low-income students apply to college completely on their own. A nonprofit aims to help them by connecting them to remote advisers.
For survivors of a 9-hour Chinese exam, a door opens to America
Every June, millions of high school seniors in China sit down for a grueling university entrance exam, knowing they may not get into a top school or any school at all.
Signs of life for the Perkins Act?
As with the Higher Education Act (HEA), Congress is past due in reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
