Other small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase. By Mark Arsenault Hampshire College, a small liberal arts school ...

DANBURY — Silas Creaven is the first member of his immediate family to go to college. Financially speaking, WestConn “was the best choice” for him, he said. Creaven received a financial aid package ...

As states look for ways to strengthen college and career pathways, dual enrollment—allowing high school students to earn college credit—has emerged as a key strategy. Yet researchers at the Community ...

For the first time since the 1980s, Duke’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions will not host the Black Student Alliance Invitational. Current students say the decision was made without their input and ...

Aprieonna Herbert trudged home from her school bus one recent sunny afternoon, then collapsed into bed. The seventh grader is still adjusting to waking up in the dark to catch the bus at 5:50 a.m.

NATCHITOCHES, La. — Natchitoches Parish school officials reported a decline in student enrollment at nearly every campus in the district, a trend school board members say is driven by a broader ...

SAN ANTONIO — North East Independent School District has approved a major change that will allow students from across San Antonio and surrounding communities to apply to attend the district beginning ...

David Tucker of Concord protests at the State House during a hearing over a Republican-backed open enrollment education bill. The latest version cleared a House committee Monday and heads next to the ...

College completion rates remain one of the most pressing priorities for higher education and our regional economy. In Ventura County, the challenge is both expanding access and ensuring students ...

More high school graduates are considering community college over a four-year school, recent studies show. For the first time, students aged 18 to 20 represented the largest share of first-time ...

Birthrates are down. Families are leaving New York City. So educators, especially at charter schools, are expanding their marketing efforts on social media and in subway stations. By Troy Closson ...