By Stefanie Botelho. According to a new study from Chicago-based CareerBuilder and its Economic Modeling Specialists International unit, the number of new college degrees awarded in the U.S. essentially has stopped growing, rising less than 1 percent each of the last two years. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Giving students two years of free community college is simply an extension of America’s historical emphasis on the importance of education, President Barack Obama told a crowd of about 1,000 at Macomb Community College. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The University of California's chief investment officer on Wednesday said it has sold off about $200M of direct holdings in coal and oil sands companies, which he said were no longer good investments for the university's $98.2B fund. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. It was obvious to the South Oakland resident whenever he saw students driving cars paid for back home or heard them discuss exotic travel. But his sense of isolation wasn’t simply economic — or exclusively because he is an African-American at a largely white university. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The University of Florida will double the size of the Florida Innovation Hub with another $8M grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, providing more space for technology companies to start and grow. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The University of Michigan over five years will invest $100M in a big data initiative with researchers seeking insights in four targeted areas—healthcare, learning analytics, social sciences and transportation. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The Obama administration is spending $175M on apprenticeship programs across the country in an effort to grow a skilled workforce. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. To understand the feeling of crisis that many see in higher education right now, it’s useful to start with some figures from 40 years ago. In 1974, the median American family earned just under $13,000 a year. A new home could be had for $36,000, an average new car for $4,400. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. The Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network (ARE-ON) was designed to deliver high-speed Internet connectivity to all Arkansas public four-year universities. More...