Fast Fact: For-Profit Colleges: A Risky Investment
Many for-profit colleges are leaving students with massive debt and no degree. They represent just 11% of college enrollments,…
Fast Fact: More Student Aid Going to Those Who Need It Least
In the 2011-12 school year, 39% of students from the lowest income families received grants from colleges’ own funds.…
Fast Fact: Informed Parents Care
About 1 in 2 Latino and black parents believe they have a strong influence on the education their children…
Fast Fact: “The State of Education for Native Students”
We can’t leave Native students behind. Between 2003 and 2011, NAEP results for Native students improved more slowly than…
Fast Fact: Tougher Standards Hinge on Available Resources
States agree that the Common Core will boost expectations. But many report lacking enough money and people to implement…
Fast Fact: Pick up the Pace in Closing College Completion Gaps
Hispanic enrollment at 4-year colleges grew a whopping 22 percent from 2009 to 2011, but at current rates only…
Fast Fact: All Students Can Achieve, Tell the House to vote “No” on H.R. 5
H.R. 5 would return us to a time when states were given the “flexibility” to ignore the performance of…