By Kellie Woodhouse. During the recession, college prices increased steeply while borrowing rose rapidly. Loan defaults increased, too. Now borrowing has declined slightly for the fourth straight year, defaults have steadied and tuition increases at public universities over the past three years have been at their lowest levels since the 1970s, according to the College Board’s 2015 “Trends in Higher Education” reports. Read more...

By Josh Logue. All are historically black colleges or universities, and shootings have occurred on or near all of the campuses in the last month. All but the incident at North Carolina Central and one of two shootings at or near Tennessee State had at least one fatality. Texas Southern and Miles also saw multiple shootings this year. Read more...

By Ashley A. Smith. Enrollment agreements, students with debts in the tens of thousands and deceptive recruiting tactics -- these topics are usually found in the news or a political debate. Read more...

By Nick DeSantis. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the arguments of religious colleges and other faith-based nonprofit organizations against the contraceptive mandate of President Obama’s signature health-care law, the Associated Press reported. More...

By Andy Thomason. Just days after helping to force two prominent University of Missouri leaders to resign, leaders of the activist group Concerned Student 1950 have put out a call for African-American students to share their college experiences on Twitter. More...

By Andy Thomason. The American Association of University Professors has called for the repeal of so-called campus-carry legislation, which permits people who hold concealed-handgun licenses to carry their weapons at colleges. More...

By Vianne Timmons. Aboriginal education is an important issue for all Canadians. If we didn’t know or believe this before, the 94 recommendations put forward earlier this year by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada give us no excuse to ignore this issue now. More...