By Scott Jaschik. The Educational Testing Service has announced changes in the Test of English as a Foreign Language, known as TOEFL and a key test for many international students seeking to study in the United States. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Virginia on Thursday announced a $68 million gift to the Darden School of Business, the largest gift the business school has ever received. More...

By Scott Jaschik. There is already a television show being developed that was inspired by the admissions scandal. Now there may be a cheating-inspired film. Two production companies have jointly purchased the rights to produce an English-language version of Bad Genius, a highly regarded Thai film based on the idea of cheating on tests given the same day in different countries. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Several people were shot early Saturday morning at a party in a house a few blocks from the campus of Ball State University. Local press reports indicate that many Ball State students were at the party, and that they heard dozens of shots fired. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Students and others are criticizing the College Republicans at Birmingham-Southern College for a now-deleted Instagram post that praised the new Alabama law effectively banning abortion in the state. The anger is over a comparison made in the post between the four black girls murdered in a church bombing in 1963 in Birmingham, and the fetuses aborted in the state today (the post called them "babies"). Students held a rally Friday. More...

By Scott Jaschik. High school counselors play a key role in helping students prepare for college and find a college that will be a good fit for their goals. Yet many school districts finance counseling with minimal resources, leaving some counselors with hundreds of students to advise. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Mount Union, in Ohio, has ended its affiliation with the United Methodist Church, citing the decision of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church in February to strengthen the church’s prohibitions on performing same-sex marriages and ordaining gay and lesbian clergy, over the opposition of Methodist colleges and universities in the U.S. More...