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50 Years of College Students News

50 Years of College Students

In this interactive post by the Chronicle, Ben Myers and Joshua Hatch explore how the baccalaureate-granting…

Communications InternDecember 21, 2016

The Stagnant Wage Premium News

The Stagnant Wage Premium

In this Inside Higher Ed piece, Paul Frain presents an analysis of the study conducted…

Communications InternDecember 20, 2016

Higher ed enters the age of accountability News

Higher ed enters the age of accountability

In this University Business article, Matt Zalaznick presents his views on what he believes will…

Communications InternDecember 16, 2016

English majors earning more money now that so few students want to be English majors News

English majors earning more money now that so few students want to be English majors

In this Market Watch article, Jillian Berman goes over the possibilities for English Majors. Berman quotes…

Communications InternDecember 9, 2016

Americans Name Their Best (and Worst) Financial Decisions News

Americans Name Their Best (and Worst) Financial Decisions

In this Yahoo article, Paul Ausick goes over a research study which asks Americans about…

Communications InternDecember 8, 2016

Completion and the Value of College News

Completion and the Value of College

In this Inside Higher Ed article, Paul Fain highlights the value of college and the…

Communications InternDecember 8, 2016

American higher education is far more effective at helping white students achieve their potential than black and Latino students Blog

American higher education is far more effective at helping white students achieve their potential than black and Latino students

Since the 1990s, the number of black and Latino high school graduates who enroll in…

VikkiDecember 8, 2016

White flight is creating a separate and unequal system of higher education NewsStaff Authored

White flight is creating a separate and unequal system of higher education

In this Washington Post op-ed,  Dr. Anthony Carnevale argues that inequalities in higher education are exacerbating…

VikkiDecember 7, 2016

Opinion: Education, not politics, is what’s really dividing Americans NewsCoverage by Report

Opinion: Education, not politics, is what’s really dividing Americans

Howard Gold of MarketWatch offers his opinion on how education affected the 2016 presidential election outcomes.…

Communications InternDecember 7, 2016