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The survey also revealed that a not insignificant number of college-bound teens have less than $1,000 in college savings: 39% of high school juniors, 30% of high school seniors, and 29% of college freshmen. Worse, majorities in each class had barely or never spoken to their parents about the cost of college.
It may be that educated women are marrying better—by that I mean they’re using their heads as well as their hearts. Brookings researchers Richard Reeves and Isabella Sawhill believe that “educated, economically independent women” are now demanding men who are more interested in equitable partnerships—partnerships that look a lot like my niece’s marriage.
Attending college is a rebirth of sorts. You’re smart, ambitious, young, and for the first time in your life, you get to do things your way. Heather Booker’s chapter in...
Roughly 37% of black students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) finish a degree within six years.
