During college, Miguel Agyei took a job answering phones five days a week for a call center. To pay his rent and other expenses, he sought help from an advocacy group. Meanwhile, his tuition at Bradley University kept increasing. 

Nearly 700 universities and colleges have raised the prices paid by their lowest-income students, after discounts and financial aid, more than the prices paid by their highest-income ones. For already cash-strapped students, the increase can be devastating.

A new database developed through a collaboration between Ithaka S+R and the City University of New York enables prospective and current transfer students to determine whether and how their credits will apply to a degree at any school in the CUNY system.

In this interview, Ithaka's Pooja Patel highlights the importance of adapting transfer systems for today's learners and the need for more transparency in the process.

California has struggled for years to recruit aspiring physicians of color into its health care workforce, despite the state’s highly diverse population.

Now, a new state-funded program is trying to address both the physician shortage and diversity gap by propelling community college students into medical school.