American Radio Works
American Public Media's American RadioWorks creates documentaries, series projects, and investigative reports for the public radio system and the Internet. American RadioWorks releases documentaries in the spring and fall.
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The First Gen Movement
Over the past decade many elite colleges have taken great ...
Over the past decade many elite colleges have taken great strides to admit low-income students, but there are unanticipated financial and cultural barriers to fitting in on campus that canât easily be solved by merely giving students a foot in the ...
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The Lost Children of Katrina
In the year following Hurricane Katrina, 30 percent of displaced ...
In the year following Hurricane Katrina, 30 percent of displaced children were either not enrolled in school or not attending regularly. Today, Louisiana has the nationâs highest rate of young adults who are neither in school nor working. And resea ...
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Saving a Women's College from Closure
Last month the board of Sweet Briar College announced that ...
Last month the board of Sweet Briar College announced that the school will shut its doors at the end of this term, due to financial difficulties. The announcement was made abruptly, sending the campus community into a state of shock... and then activ ...
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The Future of College
Kevin Carey's book "The End of College" is stirring up ...
Kevin Carey's book "The End of College" is stirring up debate in higher ed circles. This week, a response to the book by a critic.
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The End of College or the University of Everywhere
When education policy wonk Kevin Carey looks into the future, ...
When education policy wonk Kevin Carey looks into the future, he sees the end of traditional colleges and universities and he says that's a good thing.
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UnRetirement
Today older Americans are heading back to school in record ...
Today older Americans are heading back to school in record numbers. Many have already started a career, but want to gain knowledge or skills that can make them more competitive in the workplace. Colleges and universities are grappling with the needs ...
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The Test
In her new book,âThe Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed ...
In her new book,âThe Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized TestingâBut You Donât Have to Be,â NPR Education Blogger Anya Kamenetz examines the role testing plays in American public education.
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An Administrator Responds to Adjunct Protests
Last week, we talked about growing dissent among adjunct college ...
Last week, we talked about growing dissent among adjunct college instructors who claim theyâre not getting compensated fairly for the work they do. This week weâll hear from someone who has dealt with this issue from the administration side.
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Adjuncts Unite
What would higher education look like without adjunct professors? Thatâs ...
What would higher education look like without adjunct professors? Thatâs what a grass-roots group of academics is trying to prove by holding a National Adjunct Walk-out Day on February 25.
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To Test or Not to Test?
Sometime in the next few weeks, Senate Republicans and Democrats ...
Sometime in the next few weeks, Senate Republicans and Democrats will vote to reauthorize The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. On the podcast this week, we talk to two education advocates who differ on how and when we should test our kids.
