Florida A&M University (FAMU) has joined forces with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to increase the number of teens attending college by helping alleviate financial barriers for its members. More...

The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold a bill to require armed campus police at Rhode Island’s public colleges for further study Wednesday. This came after higher education officials pushed back against the proposal. More...

Pointing to the likelihood of additional college closures, Massachusetts higher education officials are looking into potential changes to rules or state laws that could help reduce the risk of sudden shutdowns similar to what's happening to Mount Ida College in Newton. More...

Since Hurricane Maria’s deadly rampage last September, the Education Department has doled out tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in disaster relief to colleges and universities supposedly affected by last year’s hurricanes. More...

With enrollment lagging at many upstate community colleges, but growing at four-year campuses, State University of New York Chancellor Kristina Johnson said officials are looking to even things out, in part by making it easier for students to transfer from two to four-year schools. More...

America, built on the dream of upward mobility, has become a country of deepening divide between rich and poor. The surest way to narrow the wealth gap is to earn a college degree. Now major universities like Princeton are working to lower the price of admission through a new kind of affirmative action, not based on race, but on low-income status. It began with two of America's wealthiest parents, Bill and Melinda Gates. More...