After the Closures

How the tidal wave of disappearing colleges will reengineer America’s class system.

Best Colleges for Rural America

These small-town universities deliver better value by a country mile.

Voters couldn’t be clearer in their demand for greater affordability, with college costs near the top of their list. Here’s how to deliver it.

A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.

by Bruno V. Manno

Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.

by Bruno V. Manno

High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.

by Jon Marcus

New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.

by Michael T. Nietzel