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As affirmative action and diversity come under attack, inequity is widening and set to get worse.

This rural senior at Garden City High School has to juggle multiple jobs, helping out at home, and her full class schedule — on top of applying to college.

And Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) returns to Washington.

On the new episode of the "What Works" podcast, Ellen Clegg and I speak with Linda Shapley, the publisher of Colorado Community Media, who describes herself as a longtime denizen of the state’s media ecosystem. Indeed, she was at Colorado Politics and worked for 21 years for The Denver Post. “I’ve been a lieutenant for a…

Japan’s decades-long population decline has taken a dramatic toll on the higher education system, with severe consequences for society and economic growth — a situation now about to be faced by the United States.

Japan’s experience of college closings and falling selectivity can offer insights for American universities and colleges contending with their own enrollment drops.

Republicans in Congress convened a hearing on free speech, calling witnesses who claimed new language rules and diversity requirements have made healthy disagreement impossible. Democrats countered by noting Republican efforts to restrict public school curricula and ban books from public...

Community colleges offer two-year degrees, which are often meant to be a steppingstone to a full bachelor’s degree. But nearly half of two-year community college students drop out, and the number of students enrolling has plummeted by 37% since 2010. Some would-be students are taking advantage...

Every year, the Common Application, used by thousands of U.S. colleges and universities, releases data on applicants. The field is changing fast: applicants are now more likely to be women, and less likely to submit standardized test scores. Read the story from Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed....

Lower-income students still pay less than higher-income ones overall, but rising college costs fall more heavily on families least able to absorb it.