Closure of Marlboro College
I woke up this morning to another college closure: Marlboro College (VT) will become the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson…
UPDATE: “Heart of Detroit” Tuition Pledge
In July we documented the impact of the “Kalamazoo Promise” program. Begun in 2006, this program covers 100% of the cost of tuition at selected…
Womens’ Success in STEM
The latest research study by Cissy Ballen et. al. and published in BioScience investigates the factors that influence the performance gap we see in STEM…
Peeling Back the Layers of the Onion
With the price of a college education climbing more each year, there are quite a lot of ideas being thrown around for how to make…
Is It Worth It?
This time of year is one for families and their college students to reflect on their journey, and increasingly on how much that journey has…