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Why Rich Students Get More Financial Aid Than Poor Ones News

Why Rich Students Get More Financial Aid Than Poor Ones

Anna Helhoski writes for the Associated Press about the inequities in higher ed financial aid.…

Frank ZhangApril 2, 2020

Wave of Higher Ed Shutdowns Threaten America’s Progress in Getting Low-Income, First-Generation Students To and Through College News

Wave of Higher Ed Shutdowns Threaten America’s Progress in Getting Low-Income, First-Generation Students To and Through College

In this Forbes piece, Richard Whitmire discusses the effect of college closures on socioeconomically disadvantaged…

Frank ZhangMarch 31, 2020

Battles Ahead If Biden Free College Program Comes to Pass News

Battles Ahead If Biden Free College Program Comes to Pass

In this Times Higher Education article, Paul Basken explores Biden’s proposed higher education policy. Basken…

Frank ZhangMarch 27, 2020

Bailouts Might Not Be Popular, But There Is No Plan B for a Pandemic News

Bailouts Might Not Be Popular, But There Is No Plan B for a Pandemic

Martha C. White writes for NBC News about the federal government’s response to the economic…

Frank ZhangMarch 23, 2020

MBA Class of 2020 Faces Tough Summer or Worse as Recession Looms News

MBA Class of 2020 Faces Tough Summer or Worse as Recession Looms

Janet Lorin writes for Bloomberg about the uncertain job market that this year’s MBA graduates…

Frank ZhangMarch 18, 2020

Congress Gets a Proposal to Spend $400 Million on Creating More Apprenticeships News

Congress Gets a Proposal to Spend $400 Million on Creating More Apprenticeships

In this Hechinger Report article, Delece Smith-Barrow writes about a renewed push in Congress to…

Frank ZhangMarch 13, 2020

Is Algebra Really Necessary? News

Is Algebra Really Necessary?

In this EdSurge article, Michael Horn discusses the value of math competency in today’s workforce.…

Frank ZhangMarch 10, 2020

Businesses Can Help America’s Education Crisis. Here’s How News

Businesses Can Help America’s Education Crisis. Here’s How

In this Barron’s article, Stanley Litow explores the intersection of business and higher education. Litow…

Frank ZhangMarch 3, 2020

Racial Lines Still Divide US Higher Education News

Racial Lines Still Divide US Higher Education

In this VOA article, the VOA Student Union discusses racial inequities in graduation rates and…

Frank ZhangMarch 2, 2020