After racking up more than $100,000 in debt, thanks to rapidly compounding interest, this writer has has enough

There are two Americas, and they are divided by a college degree.

Parents and children are struggling to get out from their own college debt, compounding unease about their collective financial future.

Colleges and universities used covid relief to pivot to online classes, stave off financial losses, clear overdue tuition balances and offer emergency aid.

Stanford University agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that proposals for research grants didn’t disclose support faculty members were receiving from abroad.

Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino became famous for their research into why we bend the truth. Now they’ve both been accused of fabricating data, Gideon Lewis-Kraus writes.

The public doesn’t want administrators interfering with campus speech. But they also think professors should be prevented from saying offensive things or inviting controversial speakers. A new survey on the public’s views of free expression on college campuses emphasizes the complexity of the issue, experts say.

The effort is a bid to resolve a persistent problem — the unclear cost of college.