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MILLERSVILLE, Pa.—The kale Caesar salad is a hit at The Pressroom in nearby Lancaster. Daniel Castellanos, a prep cook at the restaurant, says the secret’s in the dressing. He describes it, speaking ...

The way policymakers define college affordability differs from how students and families actually experience it. Policy tends to factor in only the tuition price. But a scholarship that covers tuition ...

The HEA Reauthorization of 1986 added provisions prohibiting students in default under GSL from receiving new federal loans. It also gave the Department of Education more power to regulate student ...

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Jamaal Abdul-Alim, also known as Professor J, is a veteran journalist whose articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Washington Monthly and Education Week, to name a few. He broke into the news ...

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Back Education has numerous beneficial effects, and many of these have been documented in academic literature. But research articles typically carefully examine just one effect. This report provides a ...

Courtney Brown is the foundation’s chief data and research officer and leads Lumina’s strategic planning, research, evaluation, data, and learning efforts Share on Linked In Share on Facebook A new ...

Susan Headden is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and communications professional with many years of experience covering education issues. Headden, a former staff writer at The Indianapolis Star, ...