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Vouchers and “school choice” sound good. But it’s more complicated. What is the impact on public schools, which 90 percent of children in America attend?

The Hechinger Report | USA Today
April 24, 2023

Laura Pappano 3/3/22 Laura Pappano 3/3/22

College Students to Administrators: Let’s Talk About Mental Health

Covid has cracked open a conversation students are desperate to have.

The Hechinger Report
March 3, 2022

Nikelle Orellana-Reyes 1/3/22 Nikelle Orellana-Reyes 1/3/22

For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

States and colleges are pressing to get more adults to complete degrees, but many programs are not structured to serve them.

The Hechinger Report | USA Today
August 5, 2021

Laura Pappano 3/4/21 Laura Pappano 3/4/21

‘Right now is not my time’: How Covid dimmed college prospects for students who need help most

A perfect storm of remote school and complexity of applying to college leaves low-income and first generation students short on help

The Hechinger Report
March 4, 2021

Laura Pappano 12/13/20 Laura Pappano 12/13/20

How to Raise Rural Enrollment in Higher Education? Go Local.

Given the rural-nonrural divide in America, this may be the most important college access program you’ve never heard of.

The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
December 13, 2020

Nikelle Orellana-Reyes 8/19/20 Nikelle Orellana-Reyes 8/19/20

A Regional Public University’s Identity Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic has hastened a reckoning for non-flagship public campuses in Ohio and across the Midwest: Who should they serve?

NBC News | The Hechinger Report
August 19, 2020

Laura Pappano 5/18/20 Laura Pappano 5/18/20

With dorms shut and classes online, college students DIY campus life

Students create quarantine campuses because college is more than classes.

The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
May 18, 2020

Laura Pappano 11/19/19 Laura Pappano 11/19/19

What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

Language course enrollments are plummeting. Is teaching foreign language sections of English courses an answer?

The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
November 19, 2019

Laura Pappano 4/5/19 Laura Pappano 4/5/19

Forget the Shouting and Demonizing: College Students Organize Civil Discussions

Kids on campus are doing what adults can’t seem to: Talk politics, nicely. With both sides at the table.

The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
April 5, 2019

Laura Pappano 1/16/19 Laura Pappano 1/16/19

America’s Colleges Struggle to Envision the Future of Diversity on Campus

In the midst of application season and the Harvard admissions trial, campuses want “diversity” but aren’t certain what it is — or how to get it.

The Christian Science Monitor | The Hechinger Report
January 16, 2019

Laura Pappano 4/1/18 Laura Pappano 4/1/18

Ivy Degree — Now What? Low-income grads struggle with careers, status

There is no “golden ticket.” Earning an elite degree brings fresh stress for low-income first gens who must decide whether to get rich — or save the world.

Christian Science Monitor | The Hechinger Report
April 1, 2018

Laura Pappano 3/15/18 Laura Pappano 3/15/18

Low-income, first-generation students have — finally — established a beachhead at Ivy League schools. Now the real work starts.

Low-income first gens are no longer the outsiders they once were.

The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
March 15, 2018

Laura Pappano 4/27/17 Laura Pappano 4/27/17

Is the College Degree Outdated?

There’s a credential revolution on. What do you REALLY need to succeed?

The Atlantic | The Hechinger Report
April 27, 2017