Colleges & Universities

Misdemeanor charges for providing alcohol to minors following the death of Won Jang have been filed against 21-year-old Matthew Catrambone and 21-year-old Samuel Terry.

One person is dead and “several” were injured after a homecoming weekend shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday morning. In a statement, the university said “a non-university individual” was killed and several others, including students, were injured in the shooting.

Although more students are eligible for federal aid this year, rising college costs and ballooning student debt balances are still major concerns.

Several Illinois and midwestern colleges and universities landed in U.S. News & World Report’s newest ranking of “Best Colleges” for 2025, with many moving up spots on the prestigious list.

The unidentified student is accused of carving the epithet using a box cutter at an on-campus swim team gathering.

People who received identical bachelor degrees in the same major earned vastly different salaries depending on which school they attended, Payscale reports.

If you’re a college student, or the parent of one, and you get a call about an unpaid tuition bill, hang up the phone! It’s likely a scam. It’s the start of the fall semester and it can be a hectic time for college students and their parents. But you don’t want to let your guard down, because scammers...

Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year.

At St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, officials announced a plan to cut 42 degree programs and 50 minors, music among them. The move has created turmoil for students who chose the campus to study music.

The $2.78 billion deal settles several lawsuits claiming that previous NCAA rules denied thousands of athletes the opportunity to earn millions of dollars off the use of their names, images and likenesses.

Police are looking into whether hazing played a role in the death of a Dartmouth College student who was from Delaware. 20-year-old Won Jang of New Castle County was found dead in a river near the school’s campus in New Hampshire over the weekend. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has more on the investigation into his death.   

Dartmouth College has suspended a fraternity and a sorority as the investigation continues into the death of a student whose body was found Sunday in the Connecticut River after a party nearby the night before, the school said. Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had been reported missing late Sunday afternoon after the gathering Saturday night, a Dartmouth official said….

The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players.

The raging war in Gaza and divisive social commentary have driven backlash at a growing number of college graduation ceremonies.

One Oakland high schooler is raking in the college acceptance letters and scholarships.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was met with a wave of boos Sunday when students at Duke University in North Carolina walked out just before his commencement speech, the latest in a wave of anti-war protests that took place at college graduations across the country this weekend.

The University of Southern California (USC) will not have commencement speakers at its upcoming ceremony after the institution canceled a speech from its pro-Palestinian valedictorian, the school announced Friday.

Despite gains in faculty diversity at American universities over the last two decades, Black and Hispanic professors remain underrepresented compared to their students and to professionals with advanced degrees in other fields.

As more than 2 million graduating high school students from across the United States finalize their decisions on what college to attend this fall, many are facing jaw-dropping costs that can be as much as $95,000.

The added weight of the college essay has fallen unevenly on students of color, who often feel pressure to exploit their hardships as they compete for a spot on campus.