New federal loan limits restrict borrowing for graduate degrees in many fields, and prospects for private loans are also grim.
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Thriving After High School: A Foundation to Build On
A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.
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The Internship Apocalypse Is Here
Summer jobs are increasingly pointless, but getting one has never mattered more.
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Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder
Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.
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Once Globally Preeminent, U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline
High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.
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Hey Industry, Stop Sponging Off, and Start Contributing to, the Colleges That Train Your Employees
Example: we have a nursing shortage because of health care sector freeloading.
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The Case for Lesser-Known Colleges
The premium on prestigious colleges is wildly overrated. I should know.
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How Universities Won Their Battle with Trump
And why they have been able to resist his authoritarian demands while the business world capitulates.
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The Quiet Redesign of the Bachelor’s Degree
Amid millions carrying some college credit and no bachelor’s degree, the lines between community college, four-year institutions, and even high schools are blurring. How to make this brave new world even better.
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Facing Political Attack and Falling Enrollment, Colleges Take the Fight to … Each Other
Competition is intensifying among institutions and recruiters for a dwindling pool of students.
