For the first time in our nation's history, more than 30 percent of adults have earned at least a bachelor's degree, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Bureau also notes that 3.8 million Hispanics are now among these highly educated Americans -- a whopping 80 percent more...

I have traveled the tortuous road that separates the haves from the have-nots, so I'm intimately familiar with the structural barriers that stall upward mobility in America. It's not news to me that 20 percent of U.S. households earn half of all income, while the poorest 20 percent...

Last week, I noticed a large countdown clock adorning the U.S. News & World Report website, ticking off the seconds until release of their 2012 "Best Colleges" edition.

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.

The artificial suspense and phony precision it projected, as well as the self-importance it radiated, made...

Lately, I've been hearing from people, young and old, about how the Federal Pell Grant Program changed their lives for the better.

"Without a Pell, I wouldn't have been able to pursue a college education," says a 27-year-old Alabama nonprofit grants manager whose single mother was able to send...

For-profit college companies are indignant. They are outraged that the U.S. Department of Education is developing standards to define what it means to "prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation," the key term of a long-standing prerequisite enabling those companies to qualify for federal Title IV...