In a guest column, a college student from Winter Park details how Instagram filters and other apps can lead young people, especially women and girls, to unrealistic expectations.

Your college kid just got home and may be a bit jaded about COVID. But your coming holiday visit could be a real risk to grandparents. Here's how one mom is getting through to her sons about safety.

The renowned conservatory will use a grant from a California foundation to expand a training program focused largely on Black and Latino schoolchildren.

Grappling with the big questions enriches any life.

If you can’t afford the price a college quotes you, you don’t have to go. We corrected an N.Y.U. blog post and rewrote the Common App for you.

Tucked into the second page of the syllabus was information about a locker number and its combination. Inside was a $50 bill, which went unclaimed.

By many measures, the elite Manhattan school is the worst or among the worst for families and graduate students drowning in debt. “It feels like I’m kind of trapped,” says a grad who has sold her eggs to help make ends meet.

Recent increases in housing costs are creating financial struggles for international students in Charlotte, with some students facing a decision to cut short their education and return to their home countries. 

DePaul, Harvard and Stanford students won’t have in-person classes the first weeks of the semester; Penn State, UCLA and U of Southern California are considering such a move; Cornell has surge in infections; Bowie State, Towson and Tufts move finals online.

William Paterson University says it’s saving the institution by cutting nearly 100 full-time professors over three years. Faculty members wonder what will be left to save.

The history of standardized testing is being rewritten, especially now that California State University is on the verge of ending its ACT and SAT requirement.