Category: Higher Education Access
OPINION: There is no clear strategy to prepare U.S. high schoolers for life after graduation, and that must change
U.S. high schools and districts need to treat college and career readiness as a core, systemic responsibility — not an […]
February 23, 2026
After affirmative action: Four takeaways — and puzzles — from college admissions data
Most people believed that the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to end affirmative action in higher education admissions would cause a […]
February 12, 2026
Getting in is getting easier
Think getting into college is all but impossible? Think again. Sure, the most selective institutions still take only a tiny […]
February 11, 2026
Easy A’s, lower pay: Grade inflation’s hidden damage
For more than three decades, grades in American schools and colleges have been going up, up, up. A’s are more […]
February 9, 2026
Funding cuts, shifts in aid could make college harder to afford for low-income families
It was in the quiet of the summer when Jeff Kahlden heard that a promising young student he advised in […]
February 9, 2026
College admissions offices take on a new role: Coaxing accepted students to show up
MINNEAPOLIS — Kathy Cabrera Guaman not only survived the nail-biting process of applying to college; she got into three. But […]
February 3, 2026
5 big questions to help you understand the current state of student loans
Washington is sending confusing and even contradictory signals to people with student loans. New repayment plans, reversals on wage garnishment […]
January 28, 2026
STUDENT VOICES: Two recent college graduates have a message to their 17-year-old selves: Don’t go it alone
Like millions of students across the country, we recently graduated from college. We know how unlikely this moment once seemed. […]
January 27, 2026
Their value attacked and funding cut, universities and colleges start fighting back
A narrator speaks over images of busy cityscapes, children playing in a field and ominous scenes of natural disasters and […]
January 27, 2026