Economic Opportunity

In most states, people incarcerated in prisons must pay medical copays and fees for physician visits, medications, dental treatment, and other health services. While they may be as little as…

Earlier this year, the Biden Administration urged colleges and universities to lend a hand to the nation’s K-12 schools. Specifically, it called on postsecondary institutions to use at least 15% of their…

Delays and technical glitches during the rollout of the updated Free Application for Federal Student Aid caused challenges and stress for many families completing the updated FAFSA to receive financial…

Samual N. Brown, Allen Burnett, Charlie Praphatananda and Dara Yin have stories to tell about their journeys earning degrees in prison. Their time behind bars was shrouded by their reality.…

A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute released this week studied the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on disparities in reading, mathematics, science and overall academic achievement gaps among…

Conservatives are pushing “school choice” as a key issue this election, with several state legislatures developing school voucher programs to divert taxpayer money intended for public K-12 schools to instead subsidize private…

A predicted decrease in underrepresented minority student college applications has not materialized after the Supreme Court’s decision overturning race-conscious admissions. There was a substantial rise in underrepresented minority student college…

Walk into Tamekia Davis’s 11th-grade classroom and you may see students’ desks covered in beans—but it’s not a cooking class. Davis is teaching financial literacy. “The beans will represent your…

The transitions from school to higher education and employment can have a significant impact on an individual’s lifetime potential. Earlier in 2023, we conducted a literature review to help us…

Roughly two-thirds of colleges are making it a priority to create virtual versions of on-campus classes and programs, according to an annual survey of chief online learning officers. College officials…

Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste,…

The premise of “free college” programs popping up around the country in recent years is that bringing the price of higher education down to nearly nothing will spur more students to enroll…