The 10 best colleges for your bank account
Millennials came of age during a volatile time of market booms and busts, skyrocketing tuition costs and an increasingly competitive job market. Now, when it comes to selecting…
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10 colleges with the highest freshman retention rates
The transition from high school to higher education can be difficult to navigate, leading many college freshmen to not return to campus for their sophomore year, U.S. News…
Obama, Romney answer questions about science policy
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Number of college applications affected by social media triples
College applicants shouldn’t shut down their various social media accounts, experts said, but they should heavily edit their online comments, photos, and videos, as thousands of applications were…
Private college tuition growth slows
It's what passes for good news on college costs these days: Private colleges and universities increased tuition 3.9 percent this fall, a rate well above overall inflation but…
Consider campus crime when evaluating colleges
To a high school senior, certain factors may be more important than others when choosing a university, U.S. News reports.
As online course agreement forms, some worry about state regulation
Colleges that offer online courses across state lines, after fighting a federal rule they call unnecessary and outdated, now are concerned about states’ regulatory power in deciding how…
Study: One quarter of U.S. tech start-ups founded by an immigrant
A new study showing that immigrants founded one quarter of U.S. technology start-up companies could fuel calls to relax immigration rules ahead of next month's U.S. presidential elections,…
How higher education may be easing the global recession
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development recently released its Education at a Glance 2012 report, which examines education in OECD and G20 countries (where the data was…
Bulgaria pioneers new approach to listing universities
Petar Stanchev is the kind of student Bulgaria needs to keep. Last year, according to the country's Association of Private Universities, more than half of its college-bound students…