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Sasha Aslanian

Sasha Aslanian

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Sasha Aslanian has been a producer and reporter for American Public Media for nearly three decades.  Her work has been recognized with a George Foster Peabody Award and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award among others. She is a graduate of Grinnell College.


Stories

August 2, 2022

Native American College Diaries

An audio documentary from APM Reports.

August 19, 2021

Inside the college mental health crisis

Colleges are struggling to meet the surging demand for mental health services on campus, and some schools are wrestling with how much care they owe students.

August 3, 2021

The U.S. may never regain its dominance as a destination for international students. Here's why that matters.

Colleges and universities in the United States attract more than a million international students a year. Higher education is one of America’s top service exports, generating $42 billion in revenue. But the money spigot is closing. The pandemic, visa restrictions, rising tuition and a perception of poor safety in America have driven new international student enrollment down by a jaw-dropping 72 percent.

April 17, 2021

The Jail Tapes in the Dumpster

A murder conviction sent Myon Burrell to prison for life when he was a teenager. An investigative reporter dug into what seemed a hopeless case. What she found helped free him.

July 29, 2020

On the Navajo Nation, college students navigate a curfew and digital dead zones

The pandemic is making getting through college harder for students on the wrong side of the digital divide. In rural Arizona, when campuses closed, some students couldn’t log on from home, because they had no access to the internet. A local sheriff flew laptops and hotspots to community college students on the Navajo Nation.

July 29, 2020

Some colleges that weathered the Great Depression and two world wars won't survive Covid-19

The long tradition of students attending small, residential liberal arts colleges around the country was already shaky before the pandemic. Students are choosing less expensive options and more practical degrees. Experts warn that 10 percent of American colleges — about 200 or more institutions — are on the verge of going under. The pandemic is accelerating that trend.

July 29, 2020

Coronavirus disrupts higher education, magnifies inequities and accelerates change

An audio documentary from APM Reports.

July 29, 2020

A Florida university plans to reopen with a mandatory screening app, fewer people in classrooms, and a pilot study of virus-sniffing dogs

Colleges and universities are under pressure to reopen, but bringing students back on campus safely means dealing with dizzying logistics. As the virus surges in Miami, a large commuter campus gets ready.

April 23, 2020

A Covid-infected attendee emerges from CES, a massive tech conference in January

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas becomes an intriguing puzzle piece of the pandemic's spread after new Bay Area Covid-19 deaths indicate the virus' presence in the United States earlier than thought.

August 6, 2019

Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

At Georgia State in Atlanta, more students are graduating, and the school credits its use of predictive analytics. But critics worry that the algorithms may be invading students' privacy and reinforcing racial inequities.

September 24, 2018

Poverty, perseverance and a PhD

An elite university helped her climb but changing class can be a lonely journey.

September 3, 2018

Rediscovering Apprenticeships

You might think apprenticeships are a relic from an earlier era, but a growing number of Americans are using them as a way into the middle class.

August 20, 2018

Are Colleges Helping Americans Move Up?

Colleges have long offered a pathway to success for just about anyone. But new research shows that with the country growing ever more economically divided, colleges are not doing enough to help students from poor families achieve the American Dream.

November 20, 2017

Yoga and dogs bring calm to school for troubled kids

The doors are locked at this special ed school in Minneapolis so no one runs away. It's a surprising place to find kids doing breathing exercises.

October 23, 2017

Mr. Rodriguez is undocumented and unafraid

Teachers with DACA serving low-income, immigrant communities could be tough to replace.

September 11, 2017

College dreamers in Trump's America

President Trump is ending a program that allowed some young, undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States. For some, that may mean the end of a dream of going to college. APM Reports tells the stories of young immigrants fighting for a piece of the American Dream and examines the historical events that brought us to this moment.

April 10, 2017

Undocumented students learning lessons from civil rights era

The federal government sets immigration policy, but states decide how much access undocumented immigrants have to their public colleges and universities. Georgia has some of the strictest policies in the country.

March 21, 2017

Immigration enforcement has DACA students on edge

Collision over college dreams for undocumented students.

January 19, 2017

Chinese students ponder Trump

How much will anti-immigrant rhetoric dissuade foreigners from studying in the United States?

November 3, 2016

Election leaves undocumented students in limbo

The next president could end temporary protections for undocumented college students.

May 12, 2016

Victims, not criminals: Rebranding teen sex trafficking

The nation is changing the way it thinks about teen sex trafficking. States have decriminalized it for teens and offered help, and some are attacking the demand for commercial sex.


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