Development & Education
WGBH News
July 23, 2015
If you’ve been on a college campus lately, you might have noticed a few amenities - fancy welcome centers, golf courses, and saunas. Of course, these things cost money and therefore tuition and fees. But are they responsible for rising tuition?
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Development & Education
New data reveal stark gaps in graduation rates between poor and wealthy students
ProPublica
September 26, 2015
For the first time ever, the public can see the graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients at over 1,000 schools.
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Development & Education
Is it time for colleges to withdraw from their outdated schedules?
Innovation Hub
January 24, 2016
College hasn't changed all that much since the 1950s. Except for the price tag. Arizona State University president Michael Crow explains why we should rethink college.
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Development & Education
Asian American groups claim top Ivy League schools practice racial discrimination
WGBH News
June 03, 2016
Are Ivy League schools showing bias against Asian Americans?
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Development & Education
Tom Brady once saved this tiny college. Can it still survive?
WGBH News
May 13, 2015
Updated
The controversial quarterback once bought a chunk of the campus of struggling Pine Manor college for his manse, carriage home and yoga studio. The Massachusetts school faces some of the same pressures as Sweet Briar College in rural Virginia, which announced in March it would close.
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Development & Education
A professor's tweets lead to a debate on race and free speech
WGBH News
May 24, 2015
In the middle of graduation season, a free speech debate is playing out online — and on campus — at New England's largest university. Racially charged tweets from an incoming Boston University professor are raising questions about whether academics in the public eye should have the right to share their private opinions on social media.
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Development & Education
Can employee tuition benefits boost graduation rates? Companies are betting workers will make the grade.
WGBH News
July 16, 2015
More businesses are lining up to pay for their employees' college education. Their bet: Not just increased worker loyalty, but upward mobility.
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Development & Education
At Georgetown University, Pope Francis was the big man on campus
WGBH News
September 25, 2015
Updated
Students on campus say they hope the pope’s visit to the US will refocus the country’s attention on education, income inequality, climate change and immigration reform.
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Development & Education
Time is running out on a federal loan program for poor college students
WGBH News
September 29, 2015
If Congress doesn't act, the Perkins Loan program will expire at the end of the fiscal year on Wednesday.
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Development & Education
Colleges hoping to launch terrorism studies programs struggle to find qualified professors
WGBH News
March 31, 2016
Since 9/11, colleges and universities have been launching programs dedicated to terrorism studies. Despite increased demand, colleges are still clamoring to find faculty well-versed in the history, language and culture of violent extremism.
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Development & Education
Domino's Pizza CEO delivers dose of advocacy for struggling public research universities
WGBH News
April 28, 2016
Public research universities educate 75 percent of all undergraduates in this country. But over the past decade, state appropriations to flagship research universities have plummeted 34 percent. Now public research universities have found an unlikely advocate.