Earning potential

Want to help low-income students choose science, technology, engineering, or math fields? Give them more need-based grants, a new study suggests.

Dallas-based Paul Quinn College—the nation’s first urban work college—plans to create a network of urban institutions interested in adopting the work-college model to curb intergenerational poverty.

A New York Times analysis finds that, for lower- and middle-income students, the cost of attending top universities is often substantially lower than advertised.