Education

Hearings seek suggestions on how to improve success rates at for-profit colleges and also reduce high rate of defaults on federal student loans.

The squeeze on students in public colleges just keeps coming.

University of California regents are set to vote today on a plan to increase tuition by more an $1,000 per student for the coming year.

And some of the schools that have raised their tuition prices the most in the last few years will have some explaining to do.

Faculty from Columbia Business School face new regulations regarding working outside the classroom.

The program that allowed students to take out a second Pell Grant for summer school was cut as part of the budget deal that avoided a government shutdown.

The state recently came upon a surprise surplus of money in the budget. Some want to reinstate funds into the K-12 school system, while others argue the money should go back to taxpayers.

Maryland and its historically black colleges will try to negotiate a settlement to protect their established academic programs.

Foreign students pay higher tuition, though some educators see risks if recruiters are paid by commission.

The House Education Committee will take up a bill today aimed at better controlling federally backed student loans and student debt. One new rule would define how accredited schools could define a credit hour.