Only 2% of high school students who took a gap year during 2020 enrolled in fall 2021. Some are taking on jobs to help support their families; others seem to be adrift, with neither school or a job to anchor them.

Those who chose to work may do well for a time. But, as a new report explains, the economy is tilted in favor of those who attain degrees. The negative effects for young people who opted for work over their education will disproportionately impact low-income populations and communities of color.

When the Taliban swept into control of Afghanistan this summer, some American colleges rallied to the aid of displaced students and scholars with offers of places and scholarships.

Now, a coalition of higher-education and humanitarian-assistance groups hopes to create a more durable solution for refugee students: a new college-sponsorship program that helps them resettle in the United States, earn degrees, and ultimately obtain permanent residency.

In March 2020, when Joe Biden was asked whether student loan cancellation figured into his economic recovery plan if elected president, he pledged to cancel at least $10,000 of student debt per person.

Today, while President Biden has provided hundreds of thousands of borrowers with debt relief, that $10,000 promise remains unfulfilled. Here's a look at why—and what he has done.