By Stefanie Botelho. For some first-generation or low-income students, attending an elite university can often be a daunting and anxiety-filled experience. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Whatever you call them, these new players in higher education are multiplying. The intensive programs say they can teach job-ready skills in technology, design and related fields. In record time. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Y Combinator is the Stanford of startup incubators. With an acceptance rate of less than 3 percent, it is known for launching superstars, such as Dropbox, AirBNB and Reddit. For a fledgling startup, getting into the exclusive program (which takes in two classes of about 85 companies each year) can feel like a “Hail Mary” opportunity for mentorship and investment. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. As a nation, we are entering the final stretch of the 2020 college completion challenge announced by President Obama in his first joint address to Congress in 2009. The challenge was to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The Department of Education has agreed to suspend all judicial actions to collect on student loan debt from former Corinthian College students for 120 days, the student committee announced Monday. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Throughout high school, Wellington Coleman did everything he was supposed to do to get into college. 
He went to one of New Orleans’ ambitious new charter schools, which focus on preparing students for university-level work. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. It was September of their sophomore year at Tufts University in 2012 when John Kelly went to a party and saw someone who had sexually assaulted them only two weeks earlier. The party was at a "queer student's apartment," said Kelly, who prefers the pronouns "they," "them" and "their" and who identifies as genderqueer, meaning their gender identity does not align with traditional binary definitions of male or female. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. An innovative partnership between Bangor Savings Bank and the University of New England was announced in Portland on Thursday.
This new two-year program is called the "Essential Workplace Competencies Development Program" and will help high achieving college graduates learn so-called "soft skills" like leadership and team building. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Two teams from Ohio State University were among eight chosen from around the state to participate in an innovative new program designed to turn university research into commercial products. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The study noted how those who attain higher education--namely a high school diploma or college degree--have a much lower mortality rate due to associated factors such as healthier behavior, enhanced cognitive performance, higher income and overall psychological well being. More...