A small and growing number of colleges are testing a three-year bachelor’s degree, filling summers with classes to cut the time and cost of college.
Author: Jon Marcus
The college-going gap between Black and white Americans was always bad. It’s getting worse.
As affirmative action and diversity come under attack, inequity is widening and set to get worse.
As colleges quit US News rankings, how do you pick a school?
Independent information is out there, but some of it can be misleading, require paying a fee or .
Here’s how to avoid US News rankings and find info on colleges, graduate schools and more.
The US Education Department has two different sites for comparing colleges, and other sources compile information about med schools and law schools.
Today’s assignment: Classic cars. Unusual majors that help small colleges stand tall
Niche programs help some colleges stand out – and boost enrollment. A bachelor’s degree in automotive restoration put one tiny Kansas school on the map.
One state offers lessons in how to cope with the college enrollment crisis
Maine has been dealing for a decade with the student decline now happening everywhere
It’s not just tuition and fees: College students are facing increasingly high rent prices, too
Rents have risen 14% nationally in the last year, and even more in some college towns and cities, creating another money headache for students.