Education

Tax avoidance by the wealthiest Americans is drying up our heartland communities and squelching opportunities for young people. All too often these days, large U.S. corporations and Wall Street banks...

The closure of ITT Tech should be a warning to other educational institutions looking to make a dime at the expense of students.

Congratulations, college graduates! As you enter the next phase of life, you and your parents should be proud of your achievements.But, I’m sorry to say, they’ve come at a price:...

Making college tuition free for everyone, some claim, would waste scarce tax dollars on rich households that don’t need them. Does that claim hold water?

Here are 5 reasons the modern university has sadly become part of the story of rising inequality.

Corporations are skipping out on taxes that would fund public education. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_9350" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: commondreams.org[/caption] Corporations have reaped trillion-dollar benefits from 60 years of public...

Jeb Bush’s troubling connections to for-profit colleges shine light on his priorities.

A new landmark student debt strike is drawing attention to the desperate need for action on a student debt crisis that’s enriching a few at the expense of an entire generation.