Jon Marcus, The Hechinger ReportHomeIn Nevada, A Higher Education Brain DrainTo Nevada’s unhappy distinction as the state with the nation’s highest unemployment and foreclosure rates, add this: the proportion of its population with college degrees is falling the fastest.July 10, 2012HomeAt 150, Land-grant Public Universities Struggle To Return to RootsThe anniversary of the Morrill Act, leading to more than 70 so-called “land-grant” universities, comes just as advocates are warning that cuts in support—and resulting tuition increases—threaten the ideal of broad access to U.S. public universities.July 2, 2012StudentsKeeping Day-to-Day Problems from Derailing College StudentsUgandan immigrant Job Asiimwe was on the verge of becoming one of the surprisingly large number of American college and university students who fail to earn two-year associate degrees within even three years, or four-year bachelor’s degrees within six.October 5, 2011Community CollegesTwo Years After Obama’s College Graduation Initiative, Major Obstacles RemainOnly one in five of those who enroll in community colleges—and, in some states, barely one in 10—graduates in three years, while only about half of students who go to universities get their bachelor’s degrees within six.July 13, 2011Community CollegesMomentum Grows for Trading Life, Job Experience for Academic CreditUniversities and colleges are being pressed to increase graduation rates and speed up the time it takes for students to complete degrees by awarding college credit for their life and work experience.December 1, 2010Previous PagePage 5 of 5
