How much do internships, majors, and institutions really matter for lifetime earnings?
A new study shows pupils from higher-income backgrounds are more likely to enroll in programs with larger payoffs.
The problem with higher education is that colleges are operating more like businesses and less like a social good.
Americans under 30 years old leaned left in this election, but not to the extent that they have in the past.
With access to predictive analytics and more data than ever before, how can universities avoid invading students’ privacy while promoting academic success?
Schools across the country have competing ideas on what—beyond a diploma—students should leave campus with.
The $1.3 trillion composite-debt total is far from the only problem degree seekers—especially those at for-profit universities—face.
Six million children are chronically absent, half of whom are enrolled at just 4 percent of the nation’s school districts.
The Department of Education is encouraging corporations in high-demand fields to partner with universities.
Elite universities with endowments of more than $500 million tend to be frugal with aid for low-income students.
A new study debunks the myth that wealthy college students receive more state money than do the economically disadvantaged.
Even though schools often encourage students to ease into their credit requirements
States have fallen behind in their obligations, spending more on retirement debt and less on educators’ pay.
New evidence the corporate college perk works
A new report demonstrates a stubborn chasm between rich and poor students earning bachelor’s degrees.
According to a new report, more Americans earned a higher-education degree in 2014 than in 2008.
Are some college admissions rigged for non-residents? One large public university system stands accused of hurting local students by attracting more out-of-state ones.
“Mismatch is a not a racial effect. Mismatch is something that affects all groups.”
A combination of simple nudges and regular check-ins from mentors can go a long way.
Many states are abandoning the tests—which often land students in ineffective remedial college classes—in favor of focusing on students’ high-school grades.