Getting "a good job" motivates young people to enroll in college, but many don't have realistic career goals.

Most young people don't know what jobs are available, what they pay or how to qualify.

New York is headed for disaster: Fuzzy graduation standards -- with no tests -- will set students up to fail.

Non-Ivy universities are charging $100,000 a year. Will parents pay?

Young people want career and college preparation. But it's hard to do well.

Arizona State hopes would-be influencers will enroll for a bachelor's degree in "content creation."

In Delaware, 70% of students are in a career pathway, but most end up doing something else.

College seems to pay for not-very-prepared students, even though many won't complete a degree.

Careers are built on a solid academic foundation. "Passenger" students don't have that.

Young people value earn-and-learn opportunities, such as "apprenticeship degrees" in teaching, health care and other occupations.

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?