This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent dramatic dip in male college enrollment and graduation flushed out multiple academic experts to explain why. The academics sound smart, and they all offer valid pieces of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students attending large lectures online ask significantly more questions than do students who attend in person, research finds. During COVID-19, many instructors have learned to teach via Zoom and Teams. In the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As doctors think about the havoc the global pandemic may cause in a classroom and education experts discuss learning loss, they need to hear from students — particularly from Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the country, postsecondary education leaders are striving to increase graduation rates. Among a variety of evidence-based strategies to boost those numbers, perhaps the most prominent are multifaceted student support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Illinois will give every eligible child care worker in the state a one-time $1,000 bonus in an effort to stem high turnover and ease a staffing crunch that has challenged the industry.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The quick shift to teaching online in 2020 forced all of us in higher education to rethink how to do what we do and why. Those lessons, however messy and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The nonprofit College for Every Student (CFES) Brilliant Pathways is based in nearby Essex, New York, and has been active for 30 years working to help students in rural and urban areas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At its peak in 2020, COVID-19-related school closures affected more than 1 billion learners around the world. Girls’ education advocates feared the worst: Prolonged school closures and lockdowns would harm girls’…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has created extraordinary need for millions of people across the U.S. This is particularly acute, though often hidden, on college campuses, where students are sometimes left to choose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, millions of students nationwide participate in afterschool and summer programs that help them gain skills in science, technology, engineering, and math — also known as STEM. But even…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How have female leaders in higher education shaped the state of the field today, and what broader lessons can be learned from them? Recently, Carmen Twillie Ambar, president of Oberlin…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new digital platform offers the most comprehensive data available to date on the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected learning for children in kindergarten through 12th grade…