Tag: US higher education
What is a 529 college savings plan? An economist explains
Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University
The college savings plan known as a “529” is often touted as a...
Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires’ history of sexual...
Susan Fortney, Texas A&M University and Theresa Morris, Texas A&M University
When three graduate students sued Harvard University in...
Colleges accused of conspiring to make low-income students pay more
Robert Massa, University of Southern California
Sixteen universities – including six in the Ivy League – are accused in...
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...
Drop in students who come to the US to study could...
David L. Di Maria, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Driven largely by the global pandemic, the number of international...
How does smoking marijuana affect academic performance? Two researchers explain how...
Jason R. Kilmer, University of Washington and Christine M. Lee, University of Washington
In a trend that coincided with...
Why some college sports are often out of reach for students...
Kirsten Hextrum, University of Oklahoma; Chris Knoester, The Ohio State University, and James Tompsett, The Ohio State University
When...
How better funding can increase the number and diversity of doctoral...
Shaun M. Dougherty, Vanderbilt University and Walter G. Ecton, University of Pennsylvania
The Research Brief is a short take...
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As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste
Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service
The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President...
