Higher Education

Kenrya Rankin  Mar 23, 2016 3:26PM EDT

STUDY: Graduation Gap Growing Between Black and White Students

“What we see in our report lends credibility to what the student activists have been saying.”
Kenrya Rankin  Feb 18, 2016 2:07PM EST

STUDY: Middle Class Blacks and Latinos Disproportionately Impacted by Student Debt Crisis

Researchers say structural racism is the culprit.
Julianne Hing  Oct 28, 2014 1:14PM EDT

Investigating the Dearth of Black Males Among Science and Math Ph.Ds

Getting to the root of a longstanding problem.
Julianne Hing  Aug 26, 2014 2:29PM EDT

Low-Income Student Enrollment Stagnates at Elite Colleges

Even though the numbers of low-income students has grown in the same time period.
Julianne Hing  Nov 12, 2013 5:04PM EST

Michelle Obama Takes First Steps Into the World of Education Policy

What could go wrong with that?
Julianne Hing  Sep 27, 2013 5:03PM EDT

Obama Administration Tells Colleges: Don't Be Afraid to Use Affirmative Action

It’s the administration’s first guidance since the Supreme Court ruled on affirmative action this summer.
Jamilah King  Dec 14, 2012 9:31AM EST

Hip-Hop Artists Are Becoming Colleges' Most Sought After Lecturers

From Afrika Bambaataa to 9th Wonder, some of hip-hop’s biggest names are taking their art into the classroom.
Julianne Hing  Oct 18, 2012 1:10PM EDT

For-Profit Giant University of Phoenix to Close 115 Locations

Such is life in the world of for-profit higher education.
Julianne Hing  Oct 10, 2012 3:46PM EDT

Reports from Supreme Court: Justices Skeptical About UT Austin's Program

Stay with Colorlines.com for more analysis in the coming days.
Julianne Hing  Oct 10, 2012 10:04AM EDT

How Diversity Trumped Equity--and May Kill Affirmative Action

The core rationale for affirmative action has been lost in decades of legal wrangling over the policy.
Hatty Lee  Oct 10, 2012 9:58AM EDT

The Rhetorical (De)evolution of Affirmative Action [INFOGRAPHIC]

The case for affirmative action, from President Lyndon Johnson’s soaring 1965 speech to today’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court.
Channing Kennedy  Aug 6, 2012 9:16AM EDT

Should Young Black Women Strive to Be Steve Jobs--or to Do Better? [Reader Forum]

Colorlines.com readers discuss an exciting program that’s giving young black women the tech skills that nobody else will, and how few truly positive tech-sector role models these kids have.
Julianne Hing  Jul 17, 2012 10:31AM EDT

Here's How Students of Color Fit Into Higher Ed's Shifting Ecosystem

The U.S. higher education system is a vast and growing network, but whether it be for-profit schools or private universities, who goes where changes largely according to race.