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Top universities join forces online
Amy Scott Apr 18, 2012
Five big schools, including Princeton and University of Pennsylvania, will begin offering free classes on the web. It's all part of a new venture backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
The high cost of the other American Dream, education
Leah Ingram Apr 13, 2012
Commentator Leah Ingram is facing six years of paying college tuition for her two daughters. She has a suggestion to the government to help middle-class parents like herself.
When women are the breadwinners
Tess Vigeland Apr 13, 2012
Liza Mundy predicts that by the next generation, more women will be breadwinners than men. She examines how this shift may impact dating, marriage and family life in her new book "The Richer Sex."
A new way to measure college graduation rates
Amy Scott Apr 12, 2012
Part-timers, transfers and returning students aren't counted in official graduation rates. A change by the Department of Education could add them to the mix.
Educating kids for the factories of the future
Mitchell Hartman Apr 18, 2012
West Chicago magnet prepares students for high-skill manufacturing jobs, and for college
The economic lives of two blue-collar voters
Mitchell Hartman May 3, 2012
They differ on politics, but both see college as a way to help their kids do better than they have.
Why you should learn how to code
Farhad Manjoo Mar 9, 2012
Commentator Farhad Manjoo says coding will help you keep your job or help you make a case for a raise.
For-profit schools add to record student-loan debt
Eliza Ronalds-Hannon Mar 7, 2012
University budget cuts are driving more students to for-profit colleges, but the debt load there is often higher and future prospects slimmer.
College is key to success
Robert Reich May 3, 2012
But commentator Robert Reich says access to college is being squeezed at a time the country needs it the most.
The value of learning a foreign language
Bob Moon Mar 6, 2012
New data shows that Europeans are rushing to learn German as the country remains the strongest in the European Union. Do language trends always follow the money?
