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Historically, most Hispanic-serving institutions were small community colleges. Now, more four-year colleges are joining their rapidly expanding ranks.

But becoming a Hispanic-serving institution doesn’t specifically require serving Hispanic students, just enrolling them. New research suggests that the government program designed to support Hispanic education is disbursing too little money among too many colleges, without any assurance Hispanic students are actually benefiting.

Teaching a general-education science course can be challenging. Students may only be in the classroom to meet a graduation requirement. And they typically come in with a range of experiences, from AP classes in high school to science phobia. 

That leaves many faculty members wondering how to connect with people who might not care about science—and may even be worried about their ability to understand it. Heather Miceli has a solution: Put students in charge of writing their own material.

Students who stop out of college are disproportionately women, low income, and working students, according to a new study.

The survey of adults ages 20 to 34 who completed some college but earned no degree aims to answer four questions: Who leaves college? Why do they leave? Who returns? and How do we get them back?