For many people in prison, access to college courses is dependent on access to federal financial aid, including Pell Grant. But in over half of all states, men’s prisons offer more access to Pell Grant-eligible courses than women's prisons do, researchers say.

Starting in the fall semester, students who come from households earning less than $300,000 will have their tuition paid for, while students whose households bring in less than $175,000 will have their tuition, fees and living expenses paid for, the university announced Monday.

Some of the nation’s largest employers, including Walmart and McDonald’s, are now broaching a new frontier in higher education: convincing colleges to give retail and fast-food workers credit for what they learn on the job, counting toward a degree.

There has been a long-running rise in the number of women pursuing higher education, while the percentage of students who are men has been declining—a trend that's beginning to hit even male-dominated fields such as engineering and business.

The donor behind the $237.75 million gift to Florida A&M University was Gregory Gerami, a 30-year-old businessman from Texas who said he wanted to make sure the historically Black school's windfall would help students who needed the money most.

The affected students who applied for admission for the 2024-25 school year received a welcome email from Georgia State University congratulating them on their acceptance. However the university said the students, who had incomplete applications, received the message by mistake.

Bit by bit, manicured lawns and shrubs are making way for native plants and pollinators on some of the nation's college campuses, including at The College of New Jersey.