Can Massachusetts learn from Tennessee on how to navigate free college programs?
Across the commonwealth, a program promising free tuition has led to a spike in student enrollment, causing strain on staff and resources.
Podcast: College Uncovered
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S3 Ep 7 Abortion on the ballot … and in the mail
Greater Boston – a region famous for its sheer number of colleges – is also home to an underground network that helps women receive abortion pills. Every week, a group including many Boston-area college and medical students meets to put together abortion pill care packages to send to women who need them. -
Some colleges advise international students to return to campus by mid-January
A housing glitch at Harvard taps into broader fears among international students over immigration policies and rising hostility. -
To fill seats, colleges flip the script with direct admissions
With declining enrollment and fewer high school graduates, more colleges are offering to admit students before they even apply. -
S3 Eps 8 What Comes Next On Campus?
Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump railed against colleges and universities for being too expensive, too partisan and too “woke.”Trump’s anti-elite, anti-immigration tone channeled the frustrations of many working-class Americans — and led him to a decisive win at the polls. So, with Trump returning to the White House for a second term, how much of his higher education message is rhetoric and how much is potential policy? And what comes next for students and colleges? As they wrap up this election year season, Kirk and Jon explore how college may change under a new Trump administration and ask a simple question: what comes next on campus? We hear from Michael Brickman, who worked as a senior advisor in the U.S. Education Department during Trump’s first term, and Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, the nation’s biggest association of colleges and universities. Then, Jennifer Thornton with the Business Higher Education Forum and Maria Flynn with Jobs For the Future explain why on-the-job training through apprenticeships is one policy likely to move forward quickly in a second Trump administration.We also hear from students who backed Trump and those who fear his return to the Oval Office, including Jenson Wu with The Trevor Project, who tells us a second Trump term could have a significant impact on LGBTQ college students. -
Northeastern University sidesteps California’s new legacy admissions ban
The school cited its Massachusetts incorporation to justify exemption from the new state law.
