"Competency-based" education makes sense -- if students really are competent.

Americans think college costs too much and want more focus on preparing students for jobs.

Most people worry about college costs, but want their children to go to a two-year or four-year college.

Confidence in the value of higher education is down , and fear of college debt is up, writes Rob Jenkins, an associate professor of...

Advanced Placement scores were released this week, and they're higher than ever. But not necessarily because students are learning more....

Most Americans don't think borrowing to go to college is worth it.

"Majoring in education has a near ZERO return on investment for lifetime earnings," notes Matthew Kraft, citing a new report that...

Alex majors in engineering at a public university, while Chris earns a nursing degree. Their return on investment (ROI) -- the increase...

Borrow a bundle to go to a prestigious private college? Or go to your state's flagship state university for slightly less status and a...

Is a year at Vanderbilt worth $100,000? At a few dozen elite universities, the list price for tuition, room and board and other expenses...

The Peacocks of Saint Peter’s University were blown out of the NCAA basketball tournament in the first round, losing to University of...

Young Americans are trying to avoid student loans or find low-debt paths to good jobs, reports Nirvi Shah in USA Today. Janika Cook...

The crisis for new college graduates is a media perennial, writes Kevin Carey in The Atlantic. "Find some recent grads working humble...

Free money! Grandpa Joe Biden knows you'd rather not repay your federal student loans, so he's doing his best to wipe out your debt,...

Dual-credit programs are supposed to put students "on the fast track" to an affordable college degree, but many teens are earning credits...

The University of Central Arkansas will offer a tuition-free bachelor's degree to in-state students from families earning less than...

College costs keep rising, even as more young people question a degree's value. The James Martin Center for Academic Renewal asked for...

Americans have soured on the value of a college education, writes Paul Tough in the New York Times Magazine. Ten years ago, 86 percent of...

How do you get a job at Goldman Sachs? In the U.S., it usually takes a degree from an elite college to get in the door. In Britain,...

"Higher education is deeply screwed up," writes William Deresiewicz on Persuasion. The first step to fixing it, he argues, would be to...