Stephanie Gomez-Sanchez has loved video games since third grade. It wasn’t until the election of Donald Trump, who famously referred to Mexican immigrants as “rapists,” that she saw a potential career in them. After the 23-year-old graduates from college this fall, she plans to go into the video game industry. Her goal? To soften the […]

Though on-campus demonstrations lulled this summer as students dispersed, the conditions that motivated the recent wave of activism haven’t changed dramatically since the spring

Some of the rooms have custom artwork. Others, chandeliers. One even has a disco ball hanging from the ceiling.

USA TODAY identified undergraduate enrollment trends from the past decade to see who is attending college, the most common fields of study and how the pandemic impacted enrollment.

As first lady of Minnesota, she toured state prisons, held regular calls with leading Corrections Department officials on strategic planning, chaired a task force on recidivism and helped recruit an assistant commissioner to install a new college curriculum behind prison walls.

Every week, on average, a college or university closes, according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. That’s up from about two per month last year and could worsen this fall as college enrollment dwindles further, experts said.

Almost two years ago, Isaiah Hickerson woke up in the middle of the night from a dream that he was a coder. The dream was totally random; he didn’t know a thing about coding. He had a job answering phones in the grooming department at a PetSmart in Miami. After hours, he was trying to figure out what to do with his life.

Michigan is one of at least 30 states to offer a version of free community college. Those eligible for Michigan's program must enroll in college full-time and fill out federal student aid form. The program is not dependent on a student's household income.