Higher EducationWBUR's coverage of higher education news.What The Strain Of Paying For College Does To FamiliesWe unpack the financial and psychological toll of paying for soaring college costs with the author of the new book "Indebted."Resume47:14Sep 17, 2019Writer Min Jin Lee On Life As An Immigrant At Elite Colleges — And In AmericaKorean American writer Min Jin Lee is thinking about her immigrant experience. She joins us.Resume47:00Jun 10, 2019'It's Not Necessarily Helping Affordability': Inside Recent College Price-ChoppingThe cost of high education continues to rise, and rise, and rise — some private college are trying a new way to attract students.Jan 23, 2019Significant Cuts To College Language Programs Highlight Financial TroublesA forthcoming report from the Modern Language Association shows colleges shuttered more than 650 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016.Resume04:56Jan 23, 2019Private Colleges Turn To Tuition Slashing To Stay Alive In Crowded MarketSome private college are slashing tuition. We’ll look behind the numbers and add up the risks and rewards.Resume46:46Jan 23, 2019AdvertisementOn Leave: College Wellness, Mental Health And Not Returning To CampusYour college student came home for Thanksgiving and didn’t go back to campus. We’ll look at when college students come home to stay.Resume46:58Nov 27, 2018Betsy DeVos' Proposed Campus Sexual Assault Rules Bolster Rights Of AccusedA narrower definition of sexual harassment, strengthening the rights of the accused. We’ll get reaction to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ proposed new regulations on campus sexual assault.Resume46:54Nov 20, 2018'Checked The "Black" Box': On Point Caller On Race-Conscious College AdmissionsOur caller Samantha says that last year her white daughter was denied by Johns Hopkins University. She re-applied with a near identical application, most notably changing her race — and...Resume04:28Oct 17, 2018'We Don't Do That': Harvard President Larry Bacow On Discrimination, Admissions And MoreA lawsuit alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants to Harvard is playing out in court. We spoke with Harvard President Larry Bacow about admissions, race and more back in July.Resume06:20Oct 17, 2018Harvard Admissions Trial Underway With Affirmative Action, Diversity Under ScrutinyAffirmative Action is on trial. Harvard goes to court to defend itself against charges it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. We’ll have the debate.Resume47:11Oct 17, 2018Price-Matching Programs Arrive On College CampusesSome colleges say they’ll match tuition at rival schools. We’ll add up the dollars and costs.Resume48:58Sep 5, 2018How Betsy DeVos Is Reshaping Federal Education PolicyEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos has made headlines recently for plans to further shake up policies regarding for-profit higher education.Jul 30, 2018Rethinking Affirmative Action?Affirmative action and the Trump administration. Talk of discrimination against Asian Americans, White Americans. Resume47:18Aug 7, 2017Jane Sanders Faces Federal ProbeAfter a bad bank loan for Burlington College, Jane Sanders, wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders, resigned as college president, and the school folded. Now, the U.S. is investigating. We'll dig...Resume08:11Jul 13, 2017Betsy DeVos' Vision For American EducationEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos suspends the crackdown on for-profit college abuses. What else is she up to? Resume46:52Jun 19, 2017Gruesome Spotlight On College HazingOne Penn State pledge is dead, and 18 of his fraternity brothers are charged. We’ll look at what’s happened with hazing.Resume47:21May 10, 2017New Frontiers In Online Higher EducationWe’ll look at the new cutting edge in online higher education. MOOC’s, micro-masters, and more. It’s getting better. It’s leading to good jobs.Resume46:59Oct 3, 2016How Your ‘Pedigree’ Prejudices Your EmployerWho gets the top jobs in America? A new book says people who look like the people who already have them. We’ll investigate.Resume46:51Jul 27, 2016The Growing Allure Of The Gap YearMalia Obama will take a gap year before college. Did you? Should you? What it takes to have a good gap year. Resume46:23May 10, 2016Fixing America's UniversitiesRising costs. Unfair admissions. Threats to academic freedom. The future of the American university.Resume46:42Mar 23, 2016Next Page
What The Strain Of Paying For College Does To FamiliesWe unpack the financial and psychological toll of paying for soaring college costs with the author of the new book "Indebted."Resume47:14Sep 17, 2019
Writer Min Jin Lee On Life As An Immigrant At Elite Colleges — And In AmericaKorean American writer Min Jin Lee is thinking about her immigrant experience. She joins us.Resume47:00Jun 10, 2019
'It's Not Necessarily Helping Affordability': Inside Recent College Price-ChoppingThe cost of high education continues to rise, and rise, and rise — some private college are trying a new way to attract students.Jan 23, 2019
Significant Cuts To College Language Programs Highlight Financial TroublesA forthcoming report from the Modern Language Association shows colleges shuttered more than 650 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016.Resume04:56Jan 23, 2019
Private Colleges Turn To Tuition Slashing To Stay Alive In Crowded MarketSome private college are slashing tuition. We’ll look behind the numbers and add up the risks and rewards.Resume46:46Jan 23, 2019
On Leave: College Wellness, Mental Health And Not Returning To CampusYour college student came home for Thanksgiving and didn’t go back to campus. We’ll look at when college students come home to stay.Resume46:58Nov 27, 2018
Betsy DeVos' Proposed Campus Sexual Assault Rules Bolster Rights Of AccusedA narrower definition of sexual harassment, strengthening the rights of the accused. We’ll get reaction to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ proposed new regulations on campus sexual assault.Resume46:54Nov 20, 2018
'Checked The "Black" Box': On Point Caller On Race-Conscious College AdmissionsOur caller Samantha says that last year her white daughter was denied by Johns Hopkins University. She re-applied with a near identical application, most notably changing her race — and...Resume04:28Oct 17, 2018
'We Don't Do That': Harvard President Larry Bacow On Discrimination, Admissions And MoreA lawsuit alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants to Harvard is playing out in court. We spoke with Harvard President Larry Bacow about admissions, race and more back in July.Resume06:20Oct 17, 2018
Harvard Admissions Trial Underway With Affirmative Action, Diversity Under ScrutinyAffirmative Action is on trial. Harvard goes to court to defend itself against charges it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. We’ll have the debate.Resume47:11Oct 17, 2018
Price-Matching Programs Arrive On College CampusesSome colleges say they’ll match tuition at rival schools. We’ll add up the dollars and costs.Resume48:58Sep 5, 2018
How Betsy DeVos Is Reshaping Federal Education PolicyEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos has made headlines recently for plans to further shake up policies regarding for-profit higher education.Jul 30, 2018
Rethinking Affirmative Action?Affirmative action and the Trump administration. Talk of discrimination against Asian Americans, White Americans. Resume47:18Aug 7, 2017
Jane Sanders Faces Federal ProbeAfter a bad bank loan for Burlington College, Jane Sanders, wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders, resigned as college president, and the school folded. Now, the U.S. is investigating. We'll dig...Resume08:11Jul 13, 2017
Betsy DeVos' Vision For American EducationEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos suspends the crackdown on for-profit college abuses. What else is she up to? Resume46:52Jun 19, 2017
Gruesome Spotlight On College HazingOne Penn State pledge is dead, and 18 of his fraternity brothers are charged. We’ll look at what’s happened with hazing.Resume47:21May 10, 2017
New Frontiers In Online Higher EducationWe’ll look at the new cutting edge in online higher education. MOOC’s, micro-masters, and more. It’s getting better. It’s leading to good jobs.Resume46:59Oct 3, 2016
How Your ‘Pedigree’ Prejudices Your EmployerWho gets the top jobs in America? A new book says people who look like the people who already have them. We’ll investigate.Resume46:51Jul 27, 2016
The Growing Allure Of The Gap YearMalia Obama will take a gap year before college. Did you? Should you? What it takes to have a good gap year. Resume46:23May 10, 2016
Fixing America's UniversitiesRising costs. Unfair admissions. Threats to academic freedom. The future of the American university.Resume46:42Mar 23, 2016