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Pandemic Grads Had No Prom, No Pomp and Circumstance, & Started College on Zoom

Deborah Brennan

Undocumented Students Rethink College in Texas

Jessica Priest

Another Casualty of Trump Research Cuts? California Students Who Want To Be Scientists

Mikhail Zinshteyn

Q&A: Los Angeles High School Counselor On What Students Want After Graduation

Jacob Matthews

America’s Investment in Education Is Lagging — and the Workforce Pays the Price

Courtney Brown

Trump Executive Order Seeks to End Undocumented In-State Tuition Programs

Jason Gonzales

College Athletes Can Now Make Millions Off Sponsorship Deals

Adam Echelman & Erica Yee

Early College Offers Students More Than Just Higher Ed Credits

August Blake

Cal State Is Automatically Admitting High School Students With Good Grades

Mikhail Zinshteyn

AI Skeptic Creates Chatbot to Help Teachers Design Courses

Greg Toppo

BYU Is Tops in March Madness Bracket for Moving Grads Up the Economic Ladder

Jorge Klor de Alva

College Advisers Shouldn’t Need to Exist. In the Meantime, We Need More of Them

Cameron Schmidt-Temple

OpenAI’s Education Leader on AI’s ‘Massive Productivity Boost’ for Schools, Teachers

Diane Tavenner & Michael B. Horn

Student Well-Being, School Choice, Higher Ed Top Governors’ Priorities for 2025

Bella DiMarco

Without the DOE’s Institute of Education Sciences, Helping Teachers Learn What Works in the Classroom Will Get a Lot Harder 

Nicole M. McNeil & Robert Stuart Siegler

Freshman College Enrollment Actually Increased Last Year, Corrected Report Finds

K.C. Compton

Fixing the FAFSA With Data, Testing and Transparency

Jeremy Singer

Federal Judge Vacates Biden Title IX Rule, Scrapping LGBTQ+ Student Protections

Piper Hutchinson

Number of Freshmen Enrolling in Undergraduate Programs Sees Notable Decline

K.C. Compton

When It Comes to Choosing a College Major, How Much Influence Do Parents Have on Students?

Wade Zhou

College Students ‘Cautiously Curious’ About AI, Despite Mixed Messages from Schools, Employers

Paige Gross

Civics Could Soon Be Added as a South Dakota College Graduation Requirement

Makenzie Huber

UNC-Chapel Hill Hires Bill Belichick as Head Football Coach in $50M Deal

Christine Zhu

2025-26 FAFSA Now Available for All Students, Families as Part of Beta Testing

Hannah Vinueza McClellan

At My School, Early College Is for All Students. It Should Be at Your School, Too

Rachel Romano

North Carolina Students Can Apply to Many Colleges for Free Oct. 21-27

Hannah Vinueza McClellan

Nearly Half of Texas High School Students Who Earn College Credits Are Hispanic

Sneha Dey

Fewer South Carolina Grads Went to College this Fall, State Report Card Shows

Skylar Laird

U.S. Department of Education Announces Successful First Beta Test for 2025-26 FAFSA

Hannah Vinueza McClellan

Vincennes University Program Offers Immersion Into Deaf Culture

Claire Rafford

UW Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Laurel Demkovich

Measles Case Confirmed at Western Kentucky University

Sarah Ladd

3 Strategies to Help College Students Pick the Right Major the First Time Around and Avoid Some Big Hassles

Rachael Cody

Time Poverty Hinders College Graduation, Especially for Students with Jobs, Kids

Claire Wladis

N.C. Central University Offers New Scholarship for Aspiring Principals

Chantal Brown

Emergency Declaration, Extra Funding Helped West Virginia Kids Afford College

Lori Kersey

Artificial Intelligence Degree Programs to be Available at Oklahoma Universities

Emma Murphy

Bloomberg’s $1B Gift to Johns Hopkins Will Make Med School Free for Most Students

Amir Pasic

‘I Needed Help’: Students Spill the Truth About College Experiences

Joshua Bay

AI in Medicine Graduate Program Approved at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alander Rocha

How North Carolina Community Colleges Provide Child Care Support

Liz Bell

Cornell College Instructors Injured During China Visit Return to Family, Travel

Brooklyn Draisey

University of Nebraska-Google Career Certificates Partnership Opens This Week

Zach Wendling

‘Transformative’: More College Programs are Slowly Coming into Prisons

Amanda Hernández

California Law Change Could Allow Campus Work for Undocumented Students

Mikhail Zinshteyn & Adam Echelman

How Community Colleges Kept Students Engaged During and After the Pandemic

Xueli Wang

Indiana’s Butler University Adds Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Amid Shortage

Claire Rafford

When Is a California College Degree Worth the Cost? A New Study Has Answers

Mikhail Zinshteyn

5 Thoughts for New Grads Who Want to Balance Meaningful Work With Making Money

Christopher Wong Michaelson & Jennifer Tosti-Kharas

ACLU of Indiana Files Lawsuit to Block Law ‘Undermining’ Professors’ Free Speech

Casey Smith

State Universities Admit More Out-of-State Students for the Tuition Bump

Elaine S. Povich

Historically Black Community Colleges Have Their Own Distinct History

Skyler Winston

$9 Million! Did New Orleans HS Grad Just Make History With College Scholarships?

Beth Hawkins

North Carolina Community College System Asks Lawmakers to Fund Propel NC Model

Hannah McClellan

Study: 40% of 2013 HS Grads Who Started on a Degree or Credential Didn’t Finish

Sierra Lyons

5 Questions Schools Should Ask Before Purchasing AI Tech Products

George Veletsianos

As Demand for Nurses Rises, OHSU Expands Nursing Program to Central Oregon

Ben Botkin

Reimagining College — Big Ideas for the Future of Higher Education

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

California Community Colleges are Losing Millions to Financial Aid Fraud

Adam Echelman

4 Eclipses & Counting — How a Ballooning Project Lifts U.S. Students in STEM

Trinity Alicia

Utah Universities Increase Enrollment Flexibility Amid FAFSA Delays

Alixel Cabrera

Utah Public Colleges Try Three-Year Bachelor’s Degrees

Alixel Cabrera

National Parks Teach Students About Environmental Issues in This Course

Seth T. Kannarr

Is College Really Worth It? What Andreessen & Horowitz Get Right (and Wrong)

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Massachusetts Officials Seek ‘More Coherent Financial Aid System’

Alison Kuznitz

Coastal Carolina Students to Build Satellite in State’s 1st College Space Program

Skylar Laird

Stress Leading Cause Why Black and Latino Students Leave College

Joshua Bay

California Financial Aid: Students May Get More Time to File

Mikhail Zinshteyn

How Texas is Preparing Higher Education for AI

Kate McGee

GOP Bill Would Let AZ College Students to Appeal Grades Based on Political Bias

Caitlin Sievers

Michigan State Students Ask Lawmakers About School Shooting Prevention Efforts

Anna Liz Nichols

‘Bungled’ Financial Aid Rollout Leaves Graduating Seniors in Limbo

Linda Jacobson

Oklahoma Bills Would Award Tuition to Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Nuria Martinez-Keel

College Price Transparency Bill Advances Toward Final Vote in Alaska Legislature

James Brooks

More Rhode Islanders Are Earning Four-Year College Degrees

Alexander Castro

Groups Ask Higher Ed to Postpone Enrollment Deadlines Due to FAFSA Delays

Daniel Perez

Is Mississippi Prepared for the ‘Enrollment Cliff’? Lawmakers Want to Know

Molly Minta

Bills Banning Legacy Admissions Clear Both Virginia Chambers

Nathaniel Cline

The Rise of Student Apprenticeships: Thinking Beyond 'College or Bust'

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Researchers Study Six New England High Schools to Find Path for Student Success

Amanda Geduld

North Carolina Community College System Unveils New Funding Model, Propel N.C.

Hannah McClellan

South Dakota Plans to Require ACT for High School Juniors by 2025

Makenzie Huber

Financial Aid Changes Create ‘New Levels Of Frustration’ For Hawaii Students

Megan Tagami

Senators Seek to Eliminate Tenure for Professors, End Nebraska Inheritance Tax

Paul Hammel

Idaho State University Awarded $2.2M to Benefit Children Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing

Clark Corbin

Iowa Community Colleges See Increased Enrollment Amid National Challenges

Brooklyn Draisey

Hawaii DOE Faces Roadblocks, Delays In Spending $2 Billion For School Facilities

Megan Tagami

Bismarck State’s AI-Written Plays Show Potential, Flaws of ChatGPT

Mary Steurer

New Family College to Benefit Two Generations of Texas Students

Daniel Perez

Black, Latino Students See 4-Year Completion Drops — But Community College Gains

Joshua Bay

Researchers Look to Help More Community College Students Gain 4-Year Degrees

Samantha Dietel

How Colleges Seek to Increase Diversity Without Relying on Race in Admissions

Lauren Foley

North Carolina System Proposes New Funding Model for Community Colleges

Hannah McClellan

In This Shrinking Mississippi County, Getting a Degree Means Leaving Home Behind

Molly Minta

These Rural Texans Opted Out of a Degree. This Community College Wants Them Back

Sneha Dey

Nebraska ‘Brain Drain’ Persists, Plus Another Alarm is Raised by New Census Data

Cindy Gonzalez

No More Attending Classes: These Community Colleges Let Students Learn at Their Own Pace

Elaine S. Povich

Big Changes Coming in How Maryland Teens Are Deemed Ready for College, Career

Danielle J. Brown

New Federal Rules on Distance Learning Leave Some Higher Ed Officials Scrambling

Jemma Stephenson

America’s Evolving Definition of Success: Where Do Schools Fit In?

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
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