How much could the world’s richest man change educational aspirations and career opportunities in this remote region? That’s what Nick Fouriezos went to Brownsville to learn.
Sara Hebel
Co-founder and editor-in-chief of Open Campus
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The Great Student Resignation?
One thing the pandemic has ushered in is a fundamental re-examination of work. How are similar dynamics at play in higher ed?
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Everything old is new again
Three higher ed news stories jumped out to us this week. And as is so often the case, they feel like shadows of stories we’ve seen — or written — before.
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A surprising barrier to college
Florida’s education department prohibits people in its prisons from establishing residency, preventing them from paying in-state tuition and often putting college out of reach.
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A stressed value proposition
In Indiana, one big challenge — even before the pandemic — has been a steady decline in college-going rates. Barely half of the state’s male high-school graduates do.
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Town, gown, and dirt
In Akron, a tragedy this fall brought new urgency to the question of what more the university should be doing for its neighbors.
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Two brothers aspired to college. Only one made it.
There’s a story of contrasts that runs through the center of Colorado’s record on higher education: The state has one of the most highly educated populations. But its record on getting many of the residents who grew up there into, and through, college is much worse.
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What do we even mean by merit?
This whole discussion of merit — what it even means, how it drives who gets to go to college, how it shapes people’s college dreams — is threaded through so many debates in higher education. And it can distort the conversation.
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An investment that will accelerate our growth
The American Journalism Project is giving grants to support a set of national news organizations working in local communities. We’re excited to be part of this group working to reimagine and strengthen local news.
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