Overall undergraduate and graduate enrollment increased this fall, while the number of first-year students entering college decreased, the first such drop since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Citing concerns that middle-income households have been “squeezed out of need-based financial aid,” some colleges are working to make a bachelor’s degree more affordable for middle-class families.

The Department of Education hopes to improve students’ experiences with the new 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), but some are still struggling with the fallout from the previous application.

On-campus barbershop events have become a source of community, belonging, and great haircuts for Georgetown University’s Black male students.