The Senate on Tuesday agreed to consider the nomination of Lisa Cook for a position on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors on a 50-49 party-line vote. The result suggests that there is sufficient support in the evenly divided Senate to approve Cook, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the Fed's powerful board in its 108-year history.

He wants to double Pell Grants, a gift to the higher-education lobby.

Jamie Petrone has pleaded guilty to a years-long scheme of stealing electronics ordered for Yale University and reselling the items. She used the money to buy herself luxury cars and multiple homes.

The home improvement retailer will work with Queens University of Charlotte to help low-income high schools grads and with NC Central University for a new academic business school program

Mackenzie Fierceton was championed as a former foster youth who had overcome an abusive childhood and won a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Then the University of Pennsylvania accused her of lying.

The school in question is Hope College in Michigan, and here’s the idea: give students a college education for free and hope that they will pay it all back in donations in the course of their lifetimes.

After a year of contentious discussions and debates, University of Richmond leaders decided to remove the names of controversial figures from six campus buildings.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has created financial uncertainty for students from both countries. Colleges are scrambling to help, while donors are more sympathetic to the Ukrainians.

Efforts to cut costs and measure return-on-investment are sparking debate at the University of Missouri.

Therapists walk an increasingly narrow path between student confidentiality and institutional liability.