Financial-aid offers make it hard for 18-year-olds and their parents to figure out how much college will cost.

How low can college-readiness expectations go?

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?

Academic needs to look in the mirror and see why it's losing public trust.

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

AI can be a "fantastic" study partner, but most college students use it to work less and learn less.

Will Chicago's dual-credit students be prepared to succeed in college?

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

Will students offload all their college work -- classes, reading, writing, discussions, tests -- on AI?

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

Inflating grades and dumbing-down tests is giving high achievers no way to show their competence.

AI -- with the right guardrails -- can help students think through ideas, a professor writes.

Reading the classics is hard work. It teaches students to focus, think and persevere.

Humanities professors embraced activism -- it's where the grant money is -- and lost students' interest.

Harvard's faculty is considering putting a 20 percent cap on A grades.

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

Black and Hispanic students are less likely to be admitted to elite colleges, more likely to attend flagship state universities.

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.