How student athletes get around career-ending head injuries
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Next: concussions in football and the college game.Fans are increasingly aware of concussions at the pro level. The most recent example was on Saturday,...
View ArticleIndividual coaching demystifies college for first-generation applicants
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Final deadlines for college applications are looming this week, and students who are the first in their family to apply to college are the least likely...
View ArticleCollege apps should emphasize passion not accomplishments, says Harvard report
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: But, first, many high school seniors have finished college applications. And now they’re waiting to find out whether taking advanced courses, prepping...
View ArticleAs economy rebounds, state funding for higher education isn’t bouncing back
Illustration by enisaksoy/Getty ImagesChantal Fulgencio had the bad timing to start as a freshman in the fall of 2012 at public East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. That was just when the state...
View ArticleAt Colleges and Universities, Back to School Looks Very Different This Year
In the coming weeks, millions of students will start their first complete semester of college to occur during the pandemic. Uncertainty about the course of COVID-19 in the U.S. has sent schools...
View ArticleBizarro World
At the Republican National Convention, Trump advisor Larry Kudlow said the pandemic “was awful.” On this week’s On the Media, why some politicians and educators are using the past tense to describe an...
View ArticleA Higher Education News Roundup
With college enrollment down by more than 1 million students since the start of the pandemic, national higher education reporter at the Washington Post, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel discusses possible...
View ArticlePres. Biden's First Year; Higher Education News; Sports Betting Starts in New...
On today's show:Pres. Biden was sworn in on this date one year ago. Amanda Carpenter, columnist at Bulwark, director of Republicans for Voting Rights, author of Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When...
View ArticleThe Trouble With College Rankings
The influential college rankings from U.S. News & World Report were released earlier this week and Columbia University dropped from number 2 to 18. Francie Diep, senior reporter covering money in...
View ArticleThe Trouble with College Rankings; Russia's Losses in Ukraine; Nina Totenberg...
On today's show:The influential college rankings from U.S. News & World Report were released earlier this week and Columbia University dropped from number 2 to 18. Francie Diep, senior reporter...
View ArticleGeorgia Politics & the Indictments; Spanish-Language Media Check-In; How...
On today's show:Stephen Fowler, political reporter for Georgia Public Broadcasting and host of the podcast Battleground: Ballot Box, talks about the indictments of former President Trump and 18 others...
View ArticleColleges Respond to Israel-Hamas War; NYC Democrats; Protecting the Wealthy;...
On today's show:Madina Touré, New York City education policy and politics reporter for POLITICO New York, breaks down the latest as pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian college students clash on campuses...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; A 'Clean Slate' for New Yorkers; Michelle Goldberg;...
On today's show:Last week Hunter Biden was indicted on new tax charges. Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the...
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