By Tim Goral. As students prepare to start classes Monday for the fall semester at Carteret Community College, some worry about a General Assembly proposal to increase tuition by $4 per credit hour. More...

By Tim Goral. As a nation, we talk a lot about lack of access to higher education, but we don't talk much about the lack of higher education in prison. With 700,000 people a year getting out of prison, we should — if we're serious about changing lives, reducing prison costs, and improving public safety. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. "If you see a school with zero reports, then it suggests that at that school, no one's comfortable reporting it," said Lara Kaufmann, senior counsel at the National Women's Law Center. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A school and students at odds over a sign that once hung in the student center at Henderson State University. The sign reading "sagging pants" would not be tolerated upset many students on campus. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Even with tuition shooting up, the payoff from a college degree remains strong, lifting lifelong earnings and protecting many graduates like a Teflon coating against the worst effects of economic downturns. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. It’s a familiar scene, a high-school student anxiously opening an email or letter that hopefully contains good news: admission to his or her college of choice. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Say, hypothetically, a refinery spilled ammonia into Lake Michigan.
Emergency responders would have to go out, take samples in bottles and send them to a lab, which would need anywhere between 48 hours and seven days to determine how badly drinking water had been contaminated. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. To some, the job of a higher education CIO might seem downright cushy. After all, unlike their corporate counterparts, these IT leaders don't have to answer to shareholders, cater to business-line leaders or survive acrimonious mergers. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Liberty University is hoping to offer brand new living arrangements this year. The school plans to have special married dorms and graduate rooms for the first time. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Amplify, a much-heralded push by News Corporation into digital education, led by Joel Klein, a former New York City schools chancellor, is nearing an inglorious end. More...