by Kietryn Zychal | Oct 18, 2018 | Education
WASHINGTON — Demographics are changing in America, especially on college campuses. Today’s college students are likely to be older than in past years, working full- or part-time, and possibly a parent. They are more diverse in race and income level. Enrollment...
by Daniel Grimes | Oct 18, 2018 | Education
WASHINGTON-Daniel Grimes hits the streets of George Washington University to talk student debt and the rising cost of tuition. Afterwards, he sits down with Colleen Campbell from the Center for American Progress to talk solutions....
by Jessica A. Floyd | Oct 18, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – While state revenues have generally returned to pre-recession levels, state spending on higher education is 16 percent lower than in 2008 – and the higher tuitions at public colleges and universities intended to fill the funding gap are especially...
by Lucas Robinson | Oct 17, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — What do two veteran newsmen think of the current state of journalism – where factual stories are called of “fake news,” other countries, politicians and extremists spread disinformation and attacks on the press are constant at the highest levels of...
by Adam Barnes | Oct 17, 2018 | Demographics, Economy
WASHINGTON — A high school principal from Philadelphia, the head of a suburban Washington organization that helps people find affordable housing and free furnishings and the founder of a group that helps fight evictions all offered the same advice on...
by Patty Nieberg | Oct 17, 2018 | Economy, Environment
WASHINGTON — The wind power industry employs 100,000 people, more than the coal, nuclear and gas industries, but has trouble finding workers with the right technical skills, an industry official told a meeting about workforce needs in the offshore wind sector...
