Some 40 percent of college students are 25 or older, but most colleges aren’t very responsive to adult learners.
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The Best (and Worst) Colleges for Adults
Join us on Thursday, September 14 for an event on how colleges can better serve adult students.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
Introduction: A Different Kind of College Ranking
We gathered the best available data and ranked colleges not on what they did for themselves, but on what they did for their country.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
America’s Best Colleges for Adult Learners
Nearly half of all college students are twenty-five or older. Yet no publication ranks the top schools for them—except us.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
The Twelve Most Innovative Colleges for Adult Learners
College isn’t designed for students over twenty-five. These schools are working to fix that.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
Young People Don’t Vote. Can Colleges Change That?
Student voting can tip elections. Here’s how some schools are figuring out how to get students to the polls.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
A College Adviser in Every School
Poor kids need college admissions help the most but get it the least. This injustice can be solved without breaking the bank.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
Ivy League Endowments Under Fire
Liberals and conservatives agree that it’s time for ultra-wealthy colleges to start sharing their wealth.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
The Looming Decline of the Public Research University
Cuts in research funding have left midwestern state schools—and the economies they support—struggling to survive.
Posted inCollege Guide, Magazine, September/October 2017
Borrower’s Remorse
The Obama administration promised debt relief to the victims of predatory for-profit colleges. Then came Trump.
