Scott Smallwood

A recent study estimated as many as 6.6 million people can’t get their transcripts because they still owe their college money.

An entire political party, it seems, has lost faith in their public colleges. In one Idaho town, an us-versus-them mentality is quickly solidifying.

Roughly half of the nearly 800 sworn officers employed by California’s two public-university systems are white, compared with less than a quarter of students.

They are underrepresented at our best colleges and overrepresented at some of our worst.

If we care about life in rural America, we have to care about the plight of these campuses.

The flagship is really white in a state that is not. And for-profit colleges play a disproportionate role for Black residents.

Second Chance Pell has brought more than $30 million to Ashland.

Democrats are taking control in Washington, the pandemic is upending yet another semester, and states are reckoning with deep cuts.

What 2020 taught us about the role of higher ed in society

A new analysis of colleges’ role in social mobility says too many highly selective universities effectively hoard opportunity.