The single fastest-growing group of students in college? It may come as a surprise: They’re still in high school. This story also appeared in GBH News So-called “dual enrollment” — also known as ...

Megan Newsome was 27 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer of the blood. After her son was born four weeks early, Newsome underwent intensive ...

The administration has revoked executive orders encouraging the hiring of tradeswomen and signaled it will not prioritize investigating their discrimination claims.

Students who use Pell Grants would need to take more credits per semester, which could force them to work more or take on ...

As AI use becomes routine in higher education and the workplace, rather than expelling students for using it, colleges should teach students to become effective and responsible users of the ...

Haishan Yang is a success story — and a cautionary tale. Yang was the first person from his rural village in China to earn a scholarship to attend graduate school abroad. After receiving his master’s ...

Combined with two earlier rounds of NSF cuts at in April, education now accounts for more than half of the nearly 1,400 ...

The harm that some diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are doing to children — especially Black and Latino students from low-income families — is increasingly evident. But President Trump’s ...

President Trump’s sweeping dictate to end what he terms “unlawful DEI practices” is meeting fierce resistance. The National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers and the ACLU all ...

The Trump administration has restarted collections on all student loans that are in default, ending the pandemic-era pause ...

Federal DOGE cuts have already hit higher ed. Now some state leaders are cutting higher education budgets, too, emulating the ...

Xiaofeng Wan is private college consultant who helps Chinese students apply to U.S. universities. “America has an image problem right now,” Wan says. The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit ...