As a fight over the future of elite higher education consumes university leaders and politicians, most college students live in a very different world with very different challenges. By Alan Blinder ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. College sports are a uniquely American institution that provide life-changing educational and leadership-development opportunities to more than 500,000 student-athletes ...

Getting a college education has traditionally been seen as a way to move up the economic ladder. But an analysis by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that the cost of a degree ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Manno writes on education, workforce training, and career pathways. Graduates believe they are college ready. Evidence suggests ...

We asked Americans what they think about the value of a four-year college degree from a few different angles: Four-in-ten Americans say it is not too or not at all important to have a four-year ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Preston Cooper writes about the economics of higher education. Young people today hear over and over again that they need to ...

The number of students who started college but then withdrew has been on the rise, recent reports show. Financial challenges are the main reasons at-risk students consider dropping out, according to ...

Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts college in Alabama, will close at the end of May after running into financial difficulties and being unable to secure a financial lifeline from the ...

More than half of Americans who earned college diplomas find themselves working in jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree or utilize the skills acquired in obtaining one. What's worse, they can ...

There’s nothing worse than approaching a challenging situation grossly unprepared—except, perhaps, believing that you’re well-equipped for the task only to find that you’ve overestimated your ...