May 13, 2016, 05:00 pm
By Tricia R. Serio & Martha W. Gilliland
Like many of her peers, Malia Obama announced her college choice in time for the May 1st college decision day. Thanks to a 150-year history of federal financial support for higher education, anyone’s daughter in America, not just...
May 13, 2016, 12:00 pm
By Robert Doar
For those of us interested in policy solutions to serious challenges facing Americans, these past few months have been discouraging. The combination of a crazy presidential race and long-standing political polarization has brought Congress almost...
May 13, 2016, 07:00 am
By Alan M. Collinge
When he announced his candidacy in 2007, Barack Obama looked like he could be the one to finally stand up to the student lending system. He was one of only two members on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee not...
May 12, 2016, 09:00 am
By John Zurick
For the first time in a long time, we see momentum around a greater public investment in higher education. From presidential candidates to Congressional and state leaders, policymakers are getting behind the idea of greater funding, up to and...
May 12, 2016, 07:00 am
By Janet Murgula
Weeks from now millions of American youth will graduate from high school hopeful about their future and excited about starting their college careers. U.S. classrooms and graduating classes are increasingly diverse; one in four American high...
May 11, 2016, 04:00 pm
By Dick Durbin
Every day seems to bring news about another for-profit college scam. Hundreds of thousands of students have been deceived, misled, and harassed into enrolling at these schools where they end up with a mountain of debt and a worthless degree...
May 11, 2016, 09:00 am
By Keith Frome
In reading the recent coverage around the college admission season it’s easy to think that there is one educational path whose most urgent obstacle occurs in the 12th grade, when high school seniors confront the daunting acceptance rates of the...
May 10, 2016, 01:00 pm
By Ido Leffler
Six weeks ago, I found myself driving down the 105 in Los Angeles, making my way from LAX towards Compton. I had never been to Compton before, nor did I know what to expect from the students and teachers I was planning to meet with from Laurel...
May 06, 2016, 05:00 pm
By Robert Holland
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, has said flatly he would end Common Core, though he hasn’t yet said how.
The close-to-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, has said she continues to be...
May 06, 2016, 01:00 pm
By Beth Mitchneck
California Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier took to the floor of the House in January to talk about a...
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