Government

Several states have begun to fund efforts to help students with their basic needs amid growing concern about homelessness and hunger on campus.

In first debates of Democratic presidential primary, candidates outline contrasting visions on college affordability, student debt.

Elizabeth Warren has been criticized and praised for sounding like a professor -- which she is. How will her academic chops influence her presidential run?

With borrowers who attended for-profits having waited years on loan relief applications, lawyers this week sued the Education Department to take action on more than 150,000 claims.

West Virginia joins other states in offering free tuition at community colleges. But the new law is unique in asking all students seeking eligibility to pass a drug test.

Residents of rural counties typically are much less likely to hold a college degree, new analysis finds, and urban and suburban areas often feature wide attainment gaps across racial lines.

The NCAA suggests that college athletes in California may not be able to participate in championship games if state passes legislation to allow them to profit off their name, image and likeness.

Armed with promising results, CUNY is expanding ASAP and other student success experiments while helping to export them to colleges outside the system.