When a college education is critical in today’s economy, a national discussion on how to make public institutions more affordable is long overdue.

A petition on Change.org helped bring about the lender’s new rule on forbearance fees.

At Pomona College, dining hall employees were fired after questions about their residency status, prompting a debate...

Yale University, in an effort to be more transparent about its handling of sexual misconduct, released a report detailing accusations including harassing remarks and rape.

The N.C.A.A. put Nebraska on two years of probation and agreed to a self-imposed fine of $38,000 as part of an impermissible benefits case involving...

When the Super Bowl kicks off on Sunday, a sleepy part of the South will have a...

Greg Mangano's 23 points helped Yale rally for a 60-53 victory over Pennsylvania on Friday night and take over second place in the Ivy League.

In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, Yale quarterback Patrick Witt speaks during a news conference in New York.

Chapel Hill police say the son of new Jacksonville Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey is among three former North Carolina athletes arrested for possession of cocaine.

Chay Shegog had 20 points and Candace Wood added 14 points, leading No. 23 North Carolina to a 64-56 win over Virginia on Friday night.

Any time Kansas comes to town, it's a big deal for Missouri. It seems a bit bigger this time around.

University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence, the school announced on Friday.

The president of Vassar College responds to a news article, “For Some Vassar Applicants, Joy Then Misery as College Corrects Mistake.”

The academic world is dismayed, but not quite surprised, by news that Claremont McKenna fudged its numbers.

Two days after 76 applicants were mistakenly told they had been accepted to Vassar College, the school’s president apologized for the confusion and said the...

Claremont McKenna College said it submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college...

A test letter mistakenly told 76 applicants, some in other countries, that they had been accepted to the school.

These two-year programs may be the best-kept secret on getting into the college of your choice.

A second teacher has been removed from Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles as part of an investigation into lewd photos. One teacher has already...

At the Fife and Drum Restaurant, located in a Massachusetts minimum-security prison, inmates learn to cook and wait tables. Regulars praise the tasty lunches served...

Nevada has the lowest high school graduation rate in the country. But now a multi-million dollar federal grant is helping one district turn its schools...

Nearly a quarter of U.S. public high school students fail to graduate on time, or at all. The president wants a rule requiring students to...

An administrator at Claremont McKenna College resigned after acknowledging that he falsified entrance exam scores for years to publications responsible for ranking...

Officials at Claremont McKenna College announced Wednesday that the school submitted inflated SAT scores for several years to publications such U.S. News and World Report...