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Bridgette Gray, Chief Customer Officer at Opportunity@Work, joins Current to discuss why more employers are looking past college degrees when hiring new workers.

UMass Amherst is blaming the drinking trend for sending dozens of students to the hospital over the weekend.

IBM, for example, implemented a skills-first hiring approach back in 2016 in an effort to attract workers who have historically been shut out.

There is no way around it — college is expensive — and the student loan debt in the United States is a staggering $1.7 trillion. As a new crop of high school seniors is deciding on where they’ll spend the next four years, there are some ways to keep costs down. “The college’s first offer is not necessarily their final…

Did you know your zombie apocalypse survival skills could earn you a scholarship? Leveraging your unique talents is just one way you can save money on college tuition. Consumer reporter Leslie Gaydos breaks down other tips to help save money on school.

“We are disappointed in the decision of the Texas court to block loan relief moving forward,” the U.S. Secretary of Education said Friday.

BabySteps, a program from the Massachusetts Office of Economic Empowerment that jumpstarts families into saving for their children’s higher education, has cleared the new signup milestone.

If you’re a college applicant, you may have fine-tuned your essays and submissions. It’s a good idea to clean up your online profiles, too. “If I was a student applying to college, I would assume that someone may look at my profiles,” said Christine Lilley, director of K-12 institutional partnerships at Kaplan. The company has inside information on what...

Though she is slated to return to Las Vegas for her residency, which begins in November and will run through March 2023, she said at a Q&A event in Los Angeles promoting her new video, she is planning to get her college degree.

Colton Bradford gets the inside scoop from Cooper Manning about the hit NBC game show, the Capital One College Bowl.

Colton Bradford talks with Cooper Manning, co-host of NBC’s Capital One College Bowl game show, where he and his brother, Peyton Manning, welcome students from rival colleges to compete in an academic challenge.

Natalie Lizarraga speaks with expert Jennifer Finetti about the ins and outs of the scholarship application process.

Scott Jaschik joins us to talk about the controversy around the U.S. News College rankings and the changes in how the schools get ranked.

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a student loan debt relief plan that included several things such as up to $20,000 in debt relief for millions of American borrowers. Have more questions about student loans and Biden’s decision? Insider Senior Economic Policy Reporter Ayelet Sheffey joins LX News to discuss.

Dr. Alexandra Yonts outlined how college students and their institutions can stay on top of monkeypox as the school year begins.

Managing shared spaces like showers and dorm rooms and minimizing contact with sick students will be key for colleges to fight the spread of monkeypox as students return to class. Dr. Alexandra Yonts of Children’s National Hospital joins LX News.

Cynthia Muchnick and Jenn Curtis of The Parent Compass share concrete tips to help students going off to college –and their anxious parents– start this new chapter successfully.

Cynthia Muchnick and Jenn Curtis of The Parent Compass share concrete tips to help students going off to college –and their anxious parents– transition to this new stage with more smiles and less tears.

College students heading back to campus this fall have another infectious disease threat to contend with: monkeypox. As cases continue to rise in Massachusetts, one concerned Boston doctor explains what students should watch out for. Massachusetts saw a 37% jump in monkeypox cases across the state over a period of two weeks, according to the most recent data from the…

A college instructor in Georgia has been charged with murder in the Saturday shooting death of an 18-year-old student.