Higher education

Campus Progress wants students to be able to take advantage of low interest rates available for mortgages and car loans.

What are President Obama's plans for universal pre-school access, high-school funding, and higher education?

Yale and other universities are suing graduates who did not pay back Perkins low-income student loans because the funds for new loans come from former students paying back their debts.

As he completes his final months as President of University of California, Mark Yudof joins us to reflect on the state of higher education and the future of online learning.

In an open letter to college and university leaders, the National Commission on Higher Education Attainment says that college completion must be a priority in the U.S.

New research finds correlation between financial help from parents and academic performance.

Dale Brill, head of the Governor Rick Scott's Education Task Force, discusses a new proposal to incentivize students towards careers with job shortages.

A new student debt plan, known as 'Pay As You Earn', could make monthly payments smaller and some debts disappear altogether.

Stanford and MIT have gotten a lot of attention for offering free online courses to thousands of students at a time. But this week, a group of big name universities announced a new and smaller-scale take on online education.

A conversation about education was woven among various topics at last night's presidential debate. In particular, Governor Romney and President Obama touched on the issue of college affordability.