Fake news is a phrase that's enveloped our politics over the last decade. A recent Ipsos poll found most people, regardless of ideology, blame social media, cable news and politicians for its rise. As for what qualifies as fake news, it depends on who you ask. We’ll examine the evolving role fake news and misinformation play in our society, how they're influencing this year's election, and how they impact the future.

Gov. Roy Cooper is tapping Grier Martin '91, who currently serves as assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs at the Pentagon, to replace Walter Gaskin as the secretary of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veteran Affairs.

It's always been challenging to get into elite universities such as Duke and UNC. Here's why it may get even tougher.

Teenagers should not have to commoditize themselves for the sake of getting into an elite school.

With the exception of Brown University, some other highly selective schools saw a record rise in the number of students who applied for admission.

For those wanting to trace the evolution of money and college sports over the past half-century, Southern Methodist offers a perfect example.

The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.

The national debate about so-called woke campuses does not reflect what most college students care about.

For a disadvantaged kid like me, the SAT was the one shot I had to prove my potential.

Colleges and universities are reporting more errors in FAFSA applicant data coming from the Education Department, adding to the rocky rollout of new financial aid form.

As a first-generation college student, Andrea Morquecho was looking forward to walking in the Latinx graduation ceremony at the University of Texas at Austin this spring.

I didn’t know that college would be a factory of unreason.

To keep its competitive edge the Ivy League will have to change | International

As problems continue to beset the new FAFSA, most colleges are pushing their deposit deadlines into June. But some are still dragging their feet. What’s the hold up? The rocky rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid has wreaked havoc on colleges’ admission timelines.

Amid continuing problems with the federal-aid form, many institutions say they won’t be able to get aid offers out for another month or longer.