By Stefanie Botelho. Hillary Clinton's sweeping plan for college affordability makes education a top-tier issue for her campaign, one designed to strike a chord with young voters. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A little-known program provides free tuition to Native American students at Michigan’s public colleges and universities, but lawmakers have failed for years to fully fund the program. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Biodegradable, wood-based computer chips can perform just as well as chips commonly used for wireless communication, according to new research. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The University of Illinois history professor Steve Hansen didn’t need an academic analysis to tell him his retirement income was at risk in a state struggling to narrow an estimated $111B shortfall in its public-employee pension fund. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. College students — especially female college students — are more likely to select difficult majors such as those in science, technology, engineering and math during a recession, according to new research from the University of Colorado. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Hillary Clinton is directly courting Silicon Valley in her $350 billion plan to overhaul higher education. Clinton will reveal the full details of her plan at an upcoming talk in New Hampshire, but has released the major tenets to news outlets. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. As a self-proclaimed member of the lower middle class, Lubbock resident Debra Spencer knew that paying for her kids' college would be a struggle. This year, however, that struggle has grown far beyond her expectations. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. For students aiming to be the first in their families to earn a college degree, there are many obstacles to getting into school-but the challenges don’t end when they arrive on campus. However, several groups are seeking to change that with mentoring and career development programs that specifically aim to help these students finish school. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. University leaders often speak of the need to extend higher education opportunities to low-income students, even as the national trend is for colleges and universities to go after a more affluent enrollment. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Wisconsin legislators have begun quietly and unofficially discussing how the state's 42 public universities and colleges—the 26 UW System campuses and the 16 technical colleges—might be realigned to deal with dwindling state aid. More...