higher education

More colleges are promising to eliminate student loans all together from their financial aid packages. 

In the wake of a Supreme Court decision that removes race from the admissions process, colleges are coming under renewed pressure to put an end to legacy preferences, the practice of favoring applicants with family ties to alumni.

It might seem tempting to ignore making payments, but the consequences can be severe, including a hit to your credit score and exclusion from future aid and benefits.

Six years after their mother’s death, a group of triplets is graduating from the same university she graduated from.

The state says that Massachusetts Central University, whose website claims it’s in the top 2% around the world, is fake, a fraud that first bubbled up two years ago and has returned.

Schools in Massachusetts now have cannabis courses for students looking to grow their knowledge about the budding industry.

A Massachusetts university is hoping a new outlook on the cost of education will help them attract more students. Enrollment at Lasell University in Newton was 1,800 undergraduates in 2018. Last year, that number was 1,300. They’re trying to turn those declines around by cutting the price from $59,130 for tuition, room and board to $39,500. By cutting financial aid,…

After a five-month search that drew two dozen applicants, Massachusetts college and university overseers chose former Pennsylvania Education Secretary Noe Ortega as their pick to be the Bay State’s next higher education commissioner. The Board of Higher Education selected Ortega, who is also a former University of Michigan official and spent almost a decade working in Texas, from a...

President Joe Biden announced in a tweet Wednesday that his administration and the Department of Education would be providing up to $20,000 in student loan forgiveness, as well as extending the payment moratorium through the end of the year.

A recent report identifies the top ten cities for recent graduates to start a career in. New York and California top the list, despite high cost of living.

The U.S. Department of Education has agreed to cancel the student loans of around 200,000 people who had brought a class action lawsuit.