By Stefanie Botelho. State officials on Wednesday launched a website, campaign and event series to help high school students prepare for college and careers and make them more aware of opportunities in public higher education. According to the Department of Higher Education, the "Go Higher!" campaign will facilitate discussions about college decisions and campus life between students from the University of Massachusetts, state universities and community colleges and more than 8,000 high school students. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The most successful ed-tech startup in Korea with over 2 million users, is now bringing its social based adaptive learning platform to the United States. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) and its main transfer-student feeder school, Austin Community College (ACC), are ground zero for the development of a national reverse-transfer initiative that could confer associate degrees on nearly 2M students who left a community college without a diploma. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. President Obama is weighing in on the discussion over political dialogue on college campuses, saying students shouldn't be "coddled" from opposing views. More...

By Tim Goral. Tragedy struck a Mississippi university poised to celebrate its 90th anniversary when a history teacher was fatally shot in his office, authorities said Monday.
Delta State University was placed on lockdown Monday amid reports of an active shooter on the Cleveland campus. More...

By Tim Goral. The heat is on state colleges and universities to make sure more students succeed, and that makes academic advisers a key part of schools’ strategies. More...