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A students sits on the steps of Widener Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 21, 2009.
Education
Universities scramble to help international students stay in US after new visa restrictions
A young woman on a laptop screen
Education
Colleges brace for steep drop in international enrollment this fall
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Displacement
USC students work with refugees to engineer solutions for better camp life
Two students walk on a college campus
Global Nation Education
With all eyes on elite university admissions, community college stories go unheard
A woman looks to the side.
Caste in America
Caste discrimination exists on college campuses. Some schools are trying to change that.
Students walk in front of a tall brick building on a university campus
This economist says ‘degree inflation’ is hurting the American job market
A young man sits at a table and talks with his mother.
Getting legal status opened the path to college for this Arizona immigrant family
A young woman stands in front of a gray building.
Puerto Rico’s public university system is in disarray. But it’s not just because of Hurricane Maria.
Woman hugs man in evening scene in front of building
Education
The children of H-1B visa holders are growing up — and still waiting for green cards
Man on a computer
Jobs
Fewer international students coming to US for grad school in science and engineering
A woman riding the train looks out of the window.
Education
DACA gave her courage to fight anti-immigrant bias and white supremacy
Woman standing in front of desk, talking to another woman who is in front of a computer
Education
If DACA ends, she’s worried she’ll never put her college degree to work
A man leans on a colorfully painted wall and looks over his right shoulder.
Conflict
On his commute to campus he could soon risk a ticket — and deportation
Woman reaching up to top of shelf to get cereal box, shelf has bread and other food products
Education
More college students in California are eligible for help getting enough to eat
Magali Torres
Education
For one immigrant in Florida, a DACA fix would mean ‘peace of mind’
Woman against tan background, smiling for camera
Jobs
DACA recipients saw their mental health improve. Now, advocates fear its end will have the opposite effect.
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Education
Some Puerto Rican college students displaced by Hurricane Maria have already started classes again — in Florida
Janet Napolitano, former US Secretary of Homeland Security, in 2011.
Global Politics
Why a former DHS secretary thinks DACA should continue
DACA protests
Justice
How can a ‘sanctuary school’ protect its DACA students?
Ekk Sisavatdy, left, helps an incoming freshman at Highline College in Burien, Washington, as part of a program that assists Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
Education
Asian American students push to reveal what the ‘model minority’ myth hides
Sirine Bidjou (right) and Hanifa Benrahou (left) are both students at Sciences Po, which they entered through the CEP program. It's France's answer to American-style affirmative action.
Education
A French take on affirmative action relies on geography, not race
Bunker Hill college
Education
At community colleges, hunger is a growing problem
College papers
Education
Are college papers a waste?
Lecture Hall
Education
Should tenured profs be allowed to teach as long as they want?
Employee Tuition Reimbursement
Education
Can employee tuition benefits boost graduation rates? Companies are betting workers will make the grade.
People lined up outside of an ATM in Greece.
Education
As leaders debate, these students in Greece can go to college for free
Sally Teixeira studied to be a medical administrative assistant, but she now works at a deli in Cambridge, Mass.
Education
Did college mislead students? They wait, hoping for debt relief.
Pine Manor College suffers from low enrollment, high debt and a small endowment.
Education
Tom Brady once saved this tiny college. Can it still survive?
Admitted MIT students pose with the school's mascot during a weekend of activities at the university.
Education
How much should ‘elite’ matter when deciding where to go to college?
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Conflict
At rallies, immigrants show solidarity with the people of Ferguson
Students from Pakistan brought to the US under the Fulbright Program for Non-US Students.
Education
Foreign students in the US provide a social — and financial — boost at American colleges
A Student Union mosaic wall at University of Akron in Ohio. The university is one of several in the US screening students for Ebola that are returning to campus from West African countries.
Health
Universities are screening students from West Africa for Ebola as they return to school
Development & Education
Is studying abroad a waste of time or a key ingredient for baking a global citizen?
Environment
University students organize protests to call for divestment from fossil fuels
Environment
What your cell phone knows about you
Health & Medicine
Salad spinning toward global health
Environment
America’s innovation economy
‘Triumphs of Experience’: Studying the Happy Life
Global Politics
Talk of a ‘Red Line’ Stirs Fears Inside Iran
Smart Programs Read Shakespeare
Is the Future of Higher Education Online?
Arts, Culture & Media
Smart Programs Read Shakespeare
Global Satire
That One is Going to Leave a Mark
Conflict & Justice
Historically black colleges aim for more non-black students
Environment
A Plea For Tolerance Towards ‘Non-Native’ Plants
Environment
The ‘Sorcerers’ of the MIT Media Lab
Environment
Sanitation Solution Wins MIT Innovation Prize
* WEB EXTRA* Harvard Scientist Responds to Allegations
Got the Beat
New Source Commentary
Sports
UConn Women Break UCLA’s Winning Record with 89 Straight Wins
Sports
UConn Huskies’ Winning Streak Broken By Stanford
Business, Economics and Jobs
Making the cut in the college admissions game
Arts, Culture & Media
National step competition sparks race controversy
University of Alabama shooter’s past reveals strange details
Arts, Culture & Media
The Future of Play: Siftables
Business, Economics and Jobs
Analysis: the $700-billion-dollar Wall Street restructuring plan
Business, Economics and Jobs
Exploring the connection between public housing demolition and rising crime rates
Lifestyle & Belief
University program promotes social service abroad
Weak dollar hurts US students abroad