State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes.

The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.

I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

Education is the civil rights issue of our generation.

A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America.