Education

Some for-profit schools may have a high graduate employment rate, but often the salaries are too small to pay off the loans students take to pay for their education.

It may be far from the traditional use of the term, but right now there's nothing stopping Glenn Beck from calling his new online soapbox a "university".

Michigan State University says it is closing its undergraduate university in Dubai, putting an end to a money-losing experiment. It's tough news for the 100 students who need to find a new place to go to school. But for American universities, the race to go global continues. Jeff Horwich reports.

Gelato University in Bologna, Italy attracts hundreds of international students every year that come to study how to produce and prepare gelato.

Officials want to stop for-profit schools from shopping for accreditation by buying struggling colleges.

Economics correspondent Chris Farrell explains why we should focus on resolving the education crisis in the U.S.

For-profit schools were called to Capitol Hill today to answer questions about taking government funds but leaving students loaded with debt.

Many for-profit universities receive over 90% of their funding from the government. The Senate is taking closer at whether their students are getting a good return on investments.

The tough job market new college graduates are getting dumped into may significantly affect their chances for higher positions and salaries.

Tess Vigeland and finance expert Ilyce Glink take Chicagoans' questions at the Thompson Center on landing a job, how much a college degree is worth and how to market yourself online.