Explore higher education's future with Hari Sreenivasan

Season 2014

Innovative approaches that are changing the way higher education works around the nation.

Declining graduation rates, skyrocketing student debt and a paltry job market for graduates has many in the education community looking for new ideas to restart America’s colleges and universities. Join PBS NewsHour Weekend anchor Hari Sreenivasan as he explores innovative approaches that are changing the way higher education works around the nation.

AIR DATE 8/22/14

Can online courses replace a campus education?

Can online courses replace a campus education?

Group wants to turn student borrowers into activists

Group wants to turn student borrowers into activists

Online university skips class to be more accessible

Online university skips class to be more accessible

Birth control access roils Philippines amid population boom

Birth control access roils Philippines amid population boom

Piper Kerman answers your questions

Piper Kerman answers your questions

How will ALS ice bucket challenge money be spent?

How will ALS ice bucket challenge money be spent?

Marcus and Gerson on the Islamic State threat

Marcus and Gerson on the Islamic State threat

Turning parents into teachers to fight the ‘summer slide’

Turning parents into teachers to fight the ‘summer slide’

Entertainment and activism of ‘Orange Is the New Black’

Entertainment and activism of ‘Orange Is the New Black’

What Kurdish forces lack in fight against Islamic State

What Kurdish forces lack in fight against Islamic State

Explore higher education's future with Hari Sreenivasan

Explore higher education's future with Hari Sreenivasan

Colleges emphasize student 'stickiness' to boost graduations

Colleges emphasize student 'stickiness' to boost graduations

Grad rates double after reinvention of Chicago City Colleges

Grad rates double after reinvention of Chicago City Colleges

Can online courses replace a campus education?

Can online courses replace a campus education?

Group wants to turn student borrowers into activists

Group wants to turn student borrowers into activists

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