Jill Barshay

Newest California study finds students are 11% less likely to pass an online version of the same class.

Universities and colleges each lost between 3 and 100 black students

40 schools raised room and board charges by 50% or more

Growing money gap across 30 states

Both reading and math scores rose more in states that were early and strong adopters of new standards, Brookings study finds

But growing body of evidence that lower achieving students are harmed

Those with $2,000 in total debt are in the most distress

Two studies say more women would study math and science in college if there were more female math and science teachers in high school

This graphic from “Optimal Spatial Distribution of Colleges,” shows that Illinois would produce more college educated adults if four-year institutions (the green circles) moved closer to where high school students live. Almost 80 percent of high school graduates go to college nowadays.  Almost half of them, mostly low-income students, start at a community college. And 80 […]

Two-thirds of community college students seem poor enough to qualify for free tuition, but fewer than half get enough grants.