What began as an odd coincidence — the two doctors share the same surname and worked at the same clinic, but aren't related — turned into an unlikely friendship and a fight to free a killer from prison.

Imagine being a patient of a doctor, one whom you loved and trusted, one who also murdered and mutilated his own father.

As college costs have ballooned and higher education has become a must-have for many careers, borrowing has become a standard path to pay for school.

As LinkedIn grows in popularity among college students, many approach it as they do other social-media sites such as Facebook or Instagram. Host J.R. Whalen is joined by CeCe Hawley, who is hoping to master LinkedIn, and WSJ Family & Tech columnist Julie Jargon, who shares experts' advice for making your profile stand out.

It may feel like the U.S. college admissions case is over, but two parents sentenced in the national scandal -- including the most severely punished of all -- are fighting to remain free amid their appeals.

How did scholars become such tattletales?

Scholarships for students struggling with anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders have proliferated in recent years, often funded by donors who lost loved ones to mental illness.

Citing concerns for student mental health, Cornell University’s College of Engineering is reducing the maximum number of credits students can take from 23 to 20 per semester.