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A privileged perspective on higher education?

  • Joanna
  • June 7, 2016

An overwhelming majority of Americans of every demographic group say it is “very important” for adults to have a degree or professional certificate beyond high school — and almost everyone (about 95 percent) say that’s “important” to some extent.  But ask Americans whether it’s important to increase the number of people who have such degrees

Why fewer college students means better workforce opportunity

  • Joanna
  • February 4, 2016

Imagine the entire city of Dallas was enrolled in college in 2011 — and isn’t anymore. That’s been the effect of a 1.3 million student drop in higher education enrollment since the nation hit an attendance record in the fall of 2011. Very little has changed, however, for more traditional segments of the college-attending population