Topic: Colleges and Universities

How to Turn “Almost-Alums” into College Graduates
Small fees and outsized loans keep many students from graduating. A long-time university president urges colleges to find and support those almost-alums — and those who are still at school
By Elaine Maimon
The College Funding Crusader
Laura Keane has dedicated her career to closing the gap between being accepted to college, and being a college graduate
By Christina Griffith
Make College More Affordable
A longtime college president urges Pennsylvania to learn from states like Illinois and Louisiana, which are increasing college attendance by requiring high schoolers to submit a free student aid application
By Elaine Maimon
A Student Debt Forgiveness Proposal That’s Fair
Philly’s preeminent big picture thinker and apostle for growth is out with a new book that addresses how widespread debt forgiveness can save America—if it's done fairly.
By Richard Vague
Forgiving Student Loans… For Public Servants
Rather than canceling student debt for everyone, a longtime college president points to recently revised standards for college loan forgiveness that apply to teachers, police officers, firefighters and others in public service
By Elaine Maimon
Boycott College Rankings
The fraud conviction of Temple’s business school dean proves that U.S. News rankings are bogus. So why are we still beholden to them?
By Elaine Maimon
Gathering with Dignity
Along with delicious food, a new pop-up food hall at Temple offers an innovative, stigma-free solution to campus hunger
By Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme
Jason Kelce’s Eagles Education Season
This week, the Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman compares Philly schools to those of Dallas—and celebrates a local education innovation
By Jason Kelce
Challah for Hunger
A 13-year-old hunger-fighting group with 10,000 student volunteers turns it attention to a crisis in its midst: campus hunger
By Jamie Bogert