As Campus Life Resumes, So Does Concern Over Hazing NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Hank Nuwer about concerns that a pandemic-induced lull in hazing-related deaths may reverse as college students return to campus. Patrick Jarenwattananon
Former Education Secretary On Biden's Plan To Make College More Affordable NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings about President Biden's plan for tuition-free community college.
What A $577-Million Settlement Will Mean For Maryland HBCUs NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post about Maryland's settlement of a lawsuit related to under-funding of the state's HBCUs.
International Students See Visa Struggles As Colleges Return To In Person Learning NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks California State University, Long Beach administrator Jeet Joshee about the challenges foreign students face getting visas.
Idaho Governor Signs Bill To Ban Critical Race Theory In Schools The governor in Idaho has signed a law to ban the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. Some educators in the state are calling it unnecessary and a potential violation of free speech. James Dawson
12-Year-Old Boy Puts His Free Time During The Pandemic To Good Use Mike Wimmer could have learned to bake bread or knit, but instead he decided to take a few extra classes. Now he's going to graduate from high school and college in the same week.
Family Lore Fact-Check: Finding The Teen Muhammad Ali 'Boxed Along The Way' For years, Miriam Colvin's grandfather told the story of a boxing match between a young Indiana farm boy and a 14-year-old kid from Kentucky — named Cassius Clay. But was the story true? Sequoia Carrillo
Competition With The Greatest: Podcast Winner Fact-Checked Family Lore Every family has that story it tells a million times. For NPR's student Podcast Challenge winner Miriam Colvin, that story is of a family friend boxing against an unknown up-and-comer: Cassius Clay. Elissa Nadworny
So awkward: Middle and high schoolers return to school, and it feels weird ‘The staff were trying to recognize the students just by their hair and eyeballs.’ Kim Malcolm
How The Pandemic Changed The College Admissions Selection Process This Year Colleges around the country faced an admissions season marked by pandemic-era challenges: dropped testing requirements, remote learning, disrupted extracurriculars and record applicant pools. Mary Louise Kelly