Elissa Nadworny appears in the following:
U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?
Saturday, October 14, 2023
The conflict has heightened tensions on U.S. campuses. What is the role and responsibility of colleges right now?
Feds offer students new protections against programs that lead to high debt, low pay
Thursday, September 28, 2023
The Biden administration is cracking down on for-profit college programs that don't adequately prepare graduates for gainful employment and leave them with unaffordable loans.
Colleges look for new and legal ways to help build a diverse first-year class
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
New research looks at ways admissions offices can evaluate students after the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling. The high court banned race-conscious admissions policies.
Are College Degrees Still Worth the Cost?
Monday, September 11, 2023
Is the college degree still worth it in America?
As more teens overdose on fentanyl, schools face a drug crisis unlike any other
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Fentanyl-related teen overdose deaths nearly tripled from 2019 to 2021. As the school year gets under way, families in mourning urge education leaders to respond.
A private liberal arts college in Connecticut is ending legacy admissions
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Wesleyan University will end its practice of legacy admissions, which gives preference to children of alumni. This comes after the Supreme Court's decision to ban race-conscious college admissions.
With affirmative action over, legacy college admissions should go too, advocates say
Thursday, July 06, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on affirmative action renewed calls for elite institutions to eliminate "legacy" admissions — or granting advantages to the children of people who attended.
The Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action could affect more than just admissions
Sunday, July 02, 2023
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action, we look at possible implications in higher education, beyond admissions.
Supreme Court overturns legal precedent on college affirmative action programs
Friday, June 30, 2023
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. What does this mean for colleges and perspective students?
Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.
Families grapple with the rising cost of a college education
Friday, April 28, 2023
As college tuition continues to rise, families are figuring out where their kids will go to college, and how to pay for it. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on April 27, 2023.)
Families grapple with rising college costs
Thursday, April 27, 2023
As college tuition continues to rise, families are trying to figure out where their kids will go to college and how they'll pay for it.
In Ukraine, a kindergarten teacher returns to visit a ghost classroom
Saturday, April 15, 2023
In Kharkiv, Ukraine, a kindergarten teacher visits her classroom which hasn't hosted students for more than a year due to Russia's attack on Ukraine.
How the war in Ukraine has forever changed the children in one kindergarten class
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Broken glass, empty desks and a love story: War brought upheaval, scattering classmates across the world. Here's how they're settling in after schooling, friendships and families were uprooted.
How the war in Ukraine has forever changed the children in one kindergarten class
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
The Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted one kindergarten class in Kharkiv city — spreading families across the world and forcing them to make choices to deal with trauma affecting their children.
Following one Kharkiv kindergarten class since the Russian invasion
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
The Russian invasion spread families of one kindergarten class in Kharkiv across the world and forced families to make choices about how to deal with trauma manifesting in the country's youngest.
Ukraine's elderly often remain behind; here's how they've survived a year of war
Monday, April 10, 2023
Millions of elderly Ukrainians have remained behind since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The country has the highest proportion of elderly affected by war.
A year later: How 3 elderly people in Ukraine are surviving in a time of war
Monday, April 03, 2023
Not everyone can evacuate when there is war. A year ago in Kyiv, NPR profiled three elderly residents who stayed behind — unwilling or unable to leave. A year later, we find out how they are doing.
Ukraine's birth rate was already unsustainably low. Then war broke out
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
The Russian invasion has cemented the decision for many couples to opt out of having babies, in a country that struggled with incredibly low fertility rates long before the war.
An elderly couple in Ukraine says their resilience is all about happiness
Saturday, January 28, 2023
An elderly couple who survived a Russian air strike in a town on the front lines in Ukraine celebrate the electricity and water they once again have.
