Behind college raid, rising drug use on campus

This week's massive bust at San Diego State highlights the rise in university cooperation with law enforcement.

For working moms, a way to connect with college

About 40 mothers are receiving scholarships from Project Working Mom to earn degrees online.

American and German students take cross-ocean class on the Holocaust

Students at Vassar College in the US and the University of Potsdam in Germany share ideas – and cultural differences – on Germany's 'darkest hour.'

College grads face tougher job market

Entry-level pay rises, but offers are less plentiful.

Renewed emphasis on gaps in college success for minorities

Minority achievement in science majors continues to lag, a new report indicates.

Student-loan legislation moves forward

The bill, designed to encourage lenders to keep offering federal loans to students, won bipartisan support in Congress.

McCain charts own course to boost GI benefits

His plan is at odds with a bipartisan bill backed by Clinton and Obama.

Special schools for pregnant girls?

An Idaho school scrambles for funding, saying it helps more teen moms graduate.

Schools use cash as an incentive to boost attendance and scores

Baltimore schools teach students about the stock market and let them keep money from their portfolios. Are cash rewards bribery or a creative way to inspire students?

Despite 25 years of reform, U.S. schools still fall short

New studies echo a key call from landmark 1983 report: boost teacher training and pay.

US pushes states to count graduation rates the same

US Education Secretary Margaret Spellings pushes a uniform system to calculate and report rates.

Baltimore tries to heal wounds from riots – 40 years later

Through dance, drama, and candid conversations, city residents erase lingering marks of the social chaos that erupted after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in April 1968.

College admissions dance gets longer, more complicated

It could be well into the summer before some graduating high school seniors know where they'll be studying in the fall.

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