Confidence in higher education's value is falling.

5% of college programs don't raise earnings -- at all -- and won't be eligible for federal loans. Some would-be art, music and theater students could have to pay their own way or do without a degree.

Can AI install a sink? Worried about college loans and competing with AI, more Gen Zers are going to trade school.

Capping graduate-school loans could lower tuition -- and make would-be students more cost-conscious.

A federal "disparate impact" guidance could persuade employers to stop requiring college degrees when they're not necessary.

Young men can do well in skilled trades, but other non-college jobs don't pay very well.

"Students" can earn college credit for an online course "in less than a day by answering multiple-choice, open-book tests."

Free tuition at community college isn't helping students succeed. Poor academic preparation -- not cost -- is the greatest barrier to upward mobility.

Gen Z charter graduates have more education and earn a lot more than graduates of traditional public schools.

A working mom completed a 4-year online degree in 3 months, a master's in 21/2 months, and got a promotion. Problem or solution?

More students are completing high school, but fewer are prepared to learn a skilled trade or pass a college math class.

Voc-tech students in Baltimore are rebuilding vacant homes -- and their community.

Does it have to take 4+ years and 120 credits to earn a bachelor's degree?

Dual enrollment helps Texas students do well after graduation, but taking college-prep classes has no benefit, says a new study.

Students who receive good grades for mediocre work tend to learn and earn less in the long run.

States are dropping graduation exams to hide the failure to prepare all students for work, job training and college.

Boilermakers, pipe fitters, electricians and plumbers are more likely to be employed than four-year college graduates.

Most law and medical students are female. Men hold the edge in business and engineering.

Worried about AI and college costs, young workers are pursuing jobs in the skilled trades.

Even elite computer science graduates are having trouble competing with AI for jobs.