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/PRNewswire/ -- Degreechoices has released a new college ranking methodology that reveals universities relative economic value for students. In consultation...

Progress roundup: Colleges that help students gain economic mobility, the digitized history of centuries of Timbuktu scholarship, and sex selection for boys falls in India.

Stratford University will close at the end of the week. Its president blames the Education Department for unplanned shutdown.

From the column: "Ditch the 'research' of comparing lists and rankings. Instead, delve into the qualitative data you collect yourself."

From the column: "If you're part of the other 99% of prospective students, you'll likely be considering other options. Luckily for you, there are tons of great colleges — most of which don't make the U.S. News list at all."

I didnt go to an Ivy League college. I never even thought of applying, and you probably didnt, either.

Colorado is using pandemic relief funds to help students go back to college after a decade in which far fewer Black and Latino Coloradans got their degrees.

Conservatives in recent weeks have railed against the value of a degree. How should colleges respond?

Just 43% of the students who start at Grambling are outearning high school graduates six years later. Read more at Boston.com.

The college accreditor behind collapsed institutions, Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute, lost a federal appeal to stay in business.