By Stefanie Botelho. To measure top colleges’ efforts on economic diversity, The Upshot created the College Access Index. It’s based on the share of students who receive Pell grants (which typically go to families making less than $70,000); the graduation rate of those students; and the price that colleges charge both low- and middle-income students. More...
By Tim Goral. Tragedy struck a Mississippi university poised to celebrate its 90th anniversary when a history teacher was fatally shot in his office, authorities said Monday.
Delta State University was placed on lockdown Monday amid reports of an active shooter on the Cleveland campus. More...
By Tim Goral. Starting next fall, the system plans to encourage nontraditional students to take free massive open online courses, known as MOOCs, before arriving on campus. If they take 10 courses and pass tests for college credit, students could show up at school with a year’s work complete before paying a single tuition bill. More...
By Tim Goral. Colleges give prospective students very little information about how much money they can expect to earn in the job market. In part that’s because colleges may not want people to know, and in part it’s because such information is difficult and expensive to gather. More...
By Tim Goral. The heat is on state colleges and universities to make sure more students succeed, and that makes academic advisers a key part of schools’ strategies. More...
By Tim Goral. President Barack Obama on Saturday debuted a redesigned online tool with college-specific information about student costs, loans and potential earning power, scaling back a planned ratings system that critics derided as too subjective and unworkable. More...
By Tim Goral. Like many students at the College of Southern Nevada, Brenda Romero goes to class, studies regularly and finds time for extracurricular activities. More...
By Tim Goral. Dena DeYoung traces her trouble with math back to sixth grade, when a well-intended placement test showed she was smart enough to do advanced work. More...
By Tim Goral. Jorge Villalba was a construction worker when the housing market began slowing in 2005, so the Glendale, Calif., resident changed jobs and decided to invest in his future by going to college. So far, the investment hasn’t paid off. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. The Choice Act lets discharged veterans and their dependents apply their education benefits to any public institution. More...
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