Sidney A. McPhee has served as president of Middle Tennessee State University since 2001. Author Mark Twain once famously stated that a newspaper report of his death was greatly exaggerated. Today, ...

In 2022, only 44% of surveyed high school students said they expected to earn a bachelor’s degree—down sharply from the 72% with that expectation in 2002. High school students’ expectations for ...

Mr. Arum is a professor of sociology and education at the University of California, Irvine. Mr. Stevens is a sociologist at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. These are America’s major ...

Many Americans are willing to pay large amounts — or go deep into debt — for a college education. Statistics show that college-educated adults earn a much higher income throughout their lives than ...

Seven-in-ten Americans now say the higher education system in the United States is generally going in the wrong direction – up from 56% who said this in 2020, according to a new Pew Research Center ...

To the editor: Columnist LZ Granderson drives home an important point often lost in current discussions about the advantages of an undergraduate college education (“College is expensive. And important ...

Here are the top 20 colleges experiencing the biggest surge in applications: Among the 50 colleges analyzed, Auburn University secured No. 24 spot for its increase in applicants since 2019 with 126.1% ...