By Stefanie Botelho. In updating the annual “Fiske Guide to Colleges,” published each July, Edward B. Fiske read through all 818 pages, Adelphi to Yale. “You need some way to keep your sanity when you do something like this,” he admits, and so he jotted down facts about the entries — “how they came about and what they stand for” — and wrote this quiz for Education Life. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. For many politicians and economists, the way to raise America’s standing in the global economy is to invest in workers’ skills. One way to do that is to make America’s community colleges “free” on condition that they adopt certain business-friendly reforms. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Moody's Investors Service Inc. has never seen any of the colleges it rates default on their debt. Only two nonprofit colleges rated by Standard & Poor's have defaulted in the past dozen years. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. There are no training wheels for rookie trustees appointed to the boards of Illinois’ public universities and colleges. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. With an eye on keeping up with demographic changes and competing with other states and countries, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board adopted a new overarching goal Thursday: Get 60 percent of Texans between 25 and 34 a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2030. 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. A host of local students have been thinking beyond their high school years. They’re ready for college — now. 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...