All you want is to enjoy some good holiday food and retreat quickly. You soon find yourself cornered by the quirky neighbor or awkward aunt.

Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.

The enrollment chiefs at Tulane and the University of Chicago attracted many early applicants. Now both of them earn a lot of money.

The university will pay $75 million to regain its research funding and end investigations, the second highest payment by a school facing pressure from the administration.

Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration agents at the Boston airport before a flight to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving. She is now in Honduras.

A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions.

Athletes who don’t study, coaches who are overpaid, the system’s a mess.

In some college clubs, students snack on cereal together. Others chase squirrels. They’re all looking for an unserious escape.

Some say they hope the many majors will help them stand out in the job market, though experts say the extra majors may not be of interest to employers. As a high schooler in the Bay Area of California, Sophia Duran took eight Advanced Placement courses and three dual-enrollment courses at the local community college, hoping the advanced coursework would help her stick out to college admissions officers. When she later enrolled at Syracuse University, though, she realized her college-level studies had had an unintended side effect—she already had more than a year’s worth of college credits.

Thousands enrolled in short-term, job-focused programs will soon be able to use federal grants to pay tuition. Advocates say it could be “a game changer,” but challenges remain.