President Obama jokes with his daughter Malia as they walk to board Air Force One from the Marine One helicopter, leaving Chicago en route to Los Angeles. The White House announced Sunday that Malia will take a year off after high school and attend Harvard University in 2017. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
A Nobel Laureate's Education Plea: Revolutionize Teaching
Graduate workers rally in 2014 at Columbia University for the ability to unionize. Tiffany Yee-Vo/Graduate Workers of Columbia-UAW hide caption
Are Grad Students Employees? Labor Board To Again Weigh In
Students chat, nap and take notes in this 14th century lecture by Henricus de Alemania, painted by Laurentius de Voltolina. Laurentius de Voltolina/Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Shane Satterfield, a roofer who owes more than $30,000 in debt for an associate's degree in computer science from one of the country's largest for-profit college companies that failed in 2014, holds his diploma in Atlanta. "I graduated in April at the top of my class, with honors," says Satterfield. "And I can't get a job paying over $8.50 an hour." David Goldman/AP hide caption
A Path 'To Debt Relief' For Defrauded Corinthian Students
Students listen as President Obama speaks at Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) in Brooklyn in 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
Turmoil Behind The Scenes At A Nationally Lauded High School
Katie Plas, a junior petroleum engineering major at Marietta College, studies before class. Maddie McGarvey for NPR hide caption
How Low Oil Prices Are Changing Career Plans At An Ohio College
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a town hall at the University of South Carolina. Sanders promotes the idea of free college education for all. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Fact-Check: Bernie Sanders Promises Free College. Will It Work?
A student works on a light sensor during an Arduino workshop at the Georgetown Hackathon in Washington, D.C. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
