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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

The Hechinger Report

Several recent surveys show that employers need multilingual workers; a study by New American Economy, a bipartisan immigration policy group, found that the number of job postings seeking bilingual employees doubled from 2010 to 2015. But on many campuses, learning a second language is treated simply as a box to check.

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The students disappearing fastest from American campuses? Middle-class ones

The Hechinger Report

The proportion of middle-class high school graduates heading straight to college at all — meaning those from families in the middle 60 percent of income — is gradually declining, sliding from a high of 67 percent in 2010 to 62 percent in 2015. Esther Harris qualifies for a new middle-class scholarship at the University of Virginia.

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Refugee students languish in red tape as they seek to resume their educations

The Hechinger Report

universities and colleges during the 2014-2015 academic year, the most recent period for which figures are available, only 792 were Syrian, the IIE reports. It can’t happen,” said Brenda Tooley, director of global studies at Knox College, which is offering full-tuition scholarships to two Syrian students who will begin in January.

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From the archives: Already languishing in red tape, refugee students now may be barred altogether from U.S.

The Hechinger Report

universities and colleges during the 2014-2015 academic year, the most recent period for which figures are available, only 792 were Syrian, the IIE reports. It can’t happen,” said Brenda Tooley, director of global studies at Knox College, which is offering full-tuition scholarships to two Syrian students who will begin in January.