Like seemingly most American households, the Kelchens get far more junk in the mail than actual mail of value. We get about as many credit card applications as our shredder can handle, as well as folks trying to sell us a broad array of products and services. But letters that mention student loan debt and […]
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Posted inEducation, Higher Education
A Mother and Son Go from Homeless to College
New York’s free tuition plan won’t help the neediest students. Should it?
Posted inFeatured, Politics
When Resisting Means Risking
I resisted the Vietnam War as a college student. Here’s what it taught me about stopping Trump.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
The 2016 Higher Education Top Ten List
Robert Kelchen’s annual list of the best higher ed news from this year.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Under Pressure, Groups that Assess Colleges Promise to take a Closer Look at Graduation Rates
Accreditation organizations will also examine loan default rates
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
A New College Ranking Designed For Adults
Editor Paul Glastris sits down with On Campus’ Kirk Carapezza to explain our new rankings.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
ACT Scores Fell Last Year. Relax!
Students’ scores may have fallen, but the number taking the test is on the rise.
Posted inMagazine, September/October 2016
The Sixteen Most Innovative People in Higher Education
How they’re working to make college more accessible, affordable, and effective.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
How I Broke from the Cycle of Poverty, Meth, and Jail in Rural Kentucky
One student discusses her journey to college.
Posted inMarch 1983
Harvard vs. Democracy
Readers of The Boston Globe awoke one morning in 1981 to a peculiarly revealing story about Harvard. It seems that administrators at the John F. Kennedy School of Government were contemplating a name change to bring the school into conformity with Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, whose professional cachet they envied and whose […]
