By Stefanie Botelho. The rising economic toll of attending college has pushed many Americans to rebel against what has quickly become a status quo of massive student debt. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A new study by student lender Sallie Mae found the average amount spent on college education in the United States jumped for the first time in five years, thanks to greater outlays from high-income families and parental readiness to spend more. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. TargetX announces its launch of the first mobile college admissions application designed for students during the opening keynote at the annual TargetX CRM Summit in Washington DC, on July 20th. This news follows TargetX’s acquisition of the student-focused mobile and enrollment analytics firm, Uversity. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. In the intensifying debate over whether to reduce federal government regulations on universities and colleges, one number has been at the forefront: $150 million. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. A host of local students have been thinking beyond their high school years. They’re ready for college — now. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The Santa Fe University of Art and Design is offering discounted tuition to recent graduates of the Santa Fe Community College. 
SFCC grads who enroll in the university this fall in Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Fine Arts programs can do so at a reduced annual tuition rate of just over $10,000. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Amid news reports of soaring college costs, a new study details how college is surprisingly affordable for the lowest income Americans. Yet fewer than half of them enroll in college, and 12 percent of those who do enroll fail to apply for financial aid. More...

By Tim Goral. While researching a recent column for Al Jazeera America on the “killing of tenure” and what it means for the future of higher education, it became clear that the attempts by conservatives to dismantle the institution of tenure, highlighted by the Wisconsin legislature’s removal of previously statutory tenure protections, are only one component of a much wider array of threats to the profession of teaching and research. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. This fall, as more than 20 million American college students prepare to return to campus, students who earned private scholarships should beware of a damaging practice in enrollment management known as award displacement. More...