Tag: College cost
Rural high school students are more likely than city kids to...
Sheneka Williams, Michigan State University
Many high school seniors are currently in the midst of the college application process...
Trump is changing student loan forgiveness rules – barring some public...
Jennifer L. Steele, American University
The Trump administration has tried to upend many facets of American life, and many...
Taking out a student loan for your child can hurt your...
Thomas Korankye, University of Arizona
When people take out student loans for themselves, certain risks are involved. The debt...
Student loan debt is crushing Americans – 4 essential reads
Alvin Buyinza, The Conversation and Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation
US$1.7 trillion. That’s how much college students and graduates owed...
Before you decide to work in college, ask yourself these questions
Laura Perna, University of Pennsylvania and Taylor K. Odle
For many undergraduates, working for pay during the academic year is a necessary part of the...
These college rankings focus on schools that help students get ahead
Robert Kelchen, Seton Hall University
The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.
Robert Kelchen, a scholar of higher education, oversees the college rankings...
Could black philanthropy help solve the black student debt crisis?
Mako Fitts Ward, Arizona State University
When billionaire Robert E. Smith decided to pay off the student loans of the graduating class of 2019 at...
Why federal student aid should be restored for people in prison
Andrea Cantora, University of Baltimore
Congress is thinking of lifting a longstanding ban on federal student aid for those serving time in prison.
The “Restoring Education...
EXPLORING NATURE
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Tim Slack, Louisiana State University and Shannon M. Monnat, Syracuse University
Roughly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural...
