Education

Opinion writer Jay Caspian Kang shares his view that affirmative action policies merely make for “cosmetically diverse” campuses, rather than contributing to broader social justice initiatives. Natasha Warikoo, a professor of sociology at Tufts University, believes affirmative action is worth saving, and we should find ways to reframe it.

Study after study shows that financial-literacy courses don't change behavior.

Less than 14% of community college students go on to get a bachelor's degree.

Professors are struggling to teach Gen Z

The company is still figuring out which colleges will be part of the program, which rolls out in January, but Amazon may be imposing a yearly maximum of $5,250 per employee.

An Alameda County judge ruled that UC Berkeley must study the impacts of its enrollment growth before it expands any further.

The collective action by student residential staff is a significant escalation with the University just over a week before frosh are set to arrive on campus.

[July 20, 2021] Our work was recently covered by the New York Times here. You can also find a technical preprint here.

Sociologists of education frequently draw on the cultural capital framework to explore the ways in which educational institutions perpetuate inequality in schools and the larger society. However, the...

The following is a guest post by Victoria Reyes. I used to write columns for Inside Higher Ed, for example, that pinpointed practices that can help grad students, postdocs, and faculty not jus…

As the pandemic took hold, more than 1 million children did not enroll in local schools. Many of them were the most vulnerable: 5-year-olds in low-income neighborhoods.

Predatory Inclusion and What To Do Now

Who would be helped by a 5 percent income cap suggested by the Biden campaign? High earners could wind up reaping the biggest benefits.

Thousands of university programs across the country are leaving students with big debts and skimpy incomes. Use this tool to see how your degree fares.

Beijing has at least two reasons to be concerned about educational services that promise to help students get onto the college track.

Lured by the aura of degrees from top-flight institutions, many master’s students at universities across the U.S. took on debt beyond what their pay would support, an analysis of federal data on borrowers found.

After two white families claimed a grade calculation error, a Mississippi school added their children as co-valedictorian and co-salutatorian, reviving questions about race and equity.

Two scholars offer tips to help journalists report on Republican policymakers' push to ban critical race theory from U.S. public schools.

Chalkbeat is tracking efforts to restrict teaching about race and bias in schools, as well as efforts to expand it, on this map.