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Several U.S. institutions are exploring the possibility of a more efficient, affordable bachelor’s degree program.

Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative recently launched in-person classes for the very first cohort of its bachelor’s degree program at a Maryland prison.

College students, especially those with long commutes, are voicing concerns about the untenable cost of traveling to and from their campuses, internships, and jobs.

Highly selective schools are announcing record application numbers—and strikingly low acceptance rates—at a time when many smaller regional institutions are still scrambling to fill classes and re-engage students.

Through collegiate recovery programs, institutions are enabling students to stay in school while continuing their recovery process.

Early college high schools are drawing attention as one way to expand college readiness for low-income and first-generation students, providing an affordable on-ramp to higher education.

Several states now require high school students to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Their FAFSA filings have increased—but so have concerns about sapping scarce resources from other…

In a three-part series, Teen Vogue explores how student-parents experience the journey to and through a higher education system full of structural challenges.

The nation’s largest four-year public college system said it will no longer consider applicants’ SAT and ACT scores in the admissions process. MIT, meanwhile, took a different tack.

College admission counseling offices are disproportionately white compared with the students they serve, signaling a need for more inclusive recruitment and training.