colleges

A new book, written by a pair of sociology professors, says most students aren't learning much of anything in college -- and they're not studying nearly as much as they once did. If fact, those students might even do better, academically, if they work during college.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance released its annual list of the 100 best values in public colleges and universities this week -- and, naturally, universities and regional publications nationwide wasted no time trumpeting their inclusion on the list. Still, students might wonder just what makes a...

Students across the country try to stand out and get noticed by marketing themselves to colleges. Now one university in Des Moines, Iowa, is trying to make its literature stand out to high school students amidst the generic recruiting brochures and letters that most receive, according to the AP....

If you just completed your FAFSA form -- the free application for federal student aid -- you may be wondering when you'll find out just how much the federal government will kick in for your degree. Fortunately, checking the FAFSA status of your application is quick and easy. How soon you can...

It's that time of year again, if you have kids in college or getting ready for college: It's time to fill out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, the tedious, repetitive, boring and mildly intrusive paperwork required to qualify for financial aid. Everyone should fill out...

The New York Times reports on the ease with which a few small colleges are boosting applications with clever direct mail marketing campaigns -- that look a lot like credit card offers. The mass mailings are designed to make the prospective applicant feel special: envelopes marked "distinctive...

It's getting awfully hard to talk about the news business without talking about the Huffington Post. And that's just the way Arianna Huffington likes it. Twelve months ago, it was just possible to dismiss the impact of the celebrity-infested aggregation-and-blogging site with a supposition: HuffPo...

Even as endowments tanked, employees were laid off, and tuition bills were hiked in the face of decimated 401(k)s and home values, the presidents of the "top" (whatever that means) private college and universities in the United States still managed to take home 6.5% more cash in 2008 than they did...

Over at Washington Monthly, Stephen Burd takes an extended look at one of the biggest -- and least reported on -- financial crises facing young people: unethical for-profit college foisting massive debt loads on their students. These debt loads often carry exorbitant interest rates and lack any...

As state support for public higher education dries up along with tax revenues, colleges are encountering a problem on another front too: Dwindling college savings plans have left fewer families willing and able to splurge on out-of-state public colleges and universities -- depriving those colleges...