Women see value and benefits of college, while men lag on both fronts
2011 report by the Pew Research Center on attitudes behind the gender gap in undergraduate enrollment and degree attainment.
higher education
Expert Commentary
Effects of college educational debt on graduate school attendance and early career and lifestyle choices
2010 study in Education Economics on student debt and post-graduation choices.
Expert Commentary
Federal student loans: patterns in tuition, enrollment and federal Stafford loan borrowing up to the 2007-08 loan limit increase
2011 study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on changes in the federal student loan program.
Expert Commentary
Meta-analysis of college diversity experiences and civic engagement
2011 meta-study from Notre Dame on how diversity on college campuses promotes civic engagement.
Expert Commentary
Black gender gap in education: Historical trends and racial comparisons
2011 study in the journal Demography examining the higher education completion rates for black men and women between 1940 and 2000.
Expert Commentary
Trends in college spending in the United States, 1999-2009
2011 report by the Delta Cost Project on enrollment levels, funding and staffing by universities and colleges over the past decade.
Expert Commentary
Education and the reproduction of economic inequality in the U.S.
2010 study in Economics of Education Review on link between family background, education and achievement.
Expert Commentary
The digital revolution and higher education
2011 report by the Pew Internet and American Life project analyzes data collected from a survey of 2,412 American adults.
Expert Commentary
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics: Good jobs now and for the future
2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce on the current state of the science, technology, engineering and math-based job industries.
Expert Commentary
Causes of gender differences in political knowledge
2009 study by the University of Missouri in Political Behavior on the origins of the male-female divide in knowledge of politics.
Expert Commentary