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The U.S. Education Department has issued tougher rules regulating and financing for-profit colleges, whose students disproportionately default on college loans.

I have been awarded a golden ticket to the heart of Silicon Valley: the Thiel Fellowship. The catch? For two years, I cannot be enrolled as a full-time student at an academic institution.

College towns are prime spots for readers, according to a new study released by Amazon.com.

Economic uncertainty in recent years is reflected in changes to The Princeton Review's 100 Best Value Colleges, published online by USA TODA ...

American Sign Language is close to surpassing German as the third most studied foreign language at America's colleges and universities.

Thousands of students and lecturers are demonstrating in central London against plans to almost treble tuition fees and cut university funding in England. The National Union of Students says about ...

The University of Connecticut campus in West Hartford has been evacuated after a bomb threat was made Thursday morning, the Hartford Courant reports.

In years past, college life was largely off-limits for students with such disabilities, but that's no longer the case. Students with Down syndrome, ...

New type of plastic lets students access college loan money everywhere from the bookstore to the bar.

When the latest edition of the super heavyweight rivalry between Alabama and Florida was over, the two star coaches met at midfield for a handshake, a pat on the back and a few quick words.