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There’s a great deal of upheaval and uncertainty in U.S. higher education, but our reporting shows one thing is clear: Poor students are too often left out. Take the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where low-income students pay far more for their education than they would if they attended the state flagship school just 90 miles west in Madison. Hechinger’s investigations editor, Sarah Butrymowicz, examines this financing disparity, while columnist Jill Barshay explains how low-income students and students of color get sorted into the least selective state campuses.
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This week, we also tell you why poor students struggle to list volunteering on their college applications, why college isn’t for everyone, what President Donald J. Trump’s budget would do to higher education and how former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg would overhaul the post-secondary landscape. Hit reply to this email to send us your thoughts.
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Nationwide, 41 percent of public four-year universities cost more for the lowest-income students than their state’s flagship does.
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Admissions officers at top schools tend to value community service — the sort of activities that low-income students who are determined to help their families and find ways to save for college may not have time for.
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Students who take out loans but don’t complete college are often worse off than if they had never enrolled in the first place.
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Urban Institute analyzes graduation rates by race and ethnicity at colleges and universities in Virginia and Connecticut.
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If Congress were to approve it, some higher education experts say, low-income students would be so financially squeezed that college might be out of reach.
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Free college and a call for eliminating legacy admissions stand apart from his K-12 legacy.
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By putting a question about allowing more Massachusetts charter schools on the statewide ballot in 2016, advocates played into the hands of teachers’ unions and other opponents of charters that could turn out an endless supply of anti-charter ground troops to make phone calls and knock on doors.
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"'Like a flu shot' for addiction crisis -- training high school students as recovery coaches," West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
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