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Currently, the economic crisis is crunching students across the U.S. as they face a crisis: should they go into debt to get a four-year college degree and in the process receive federal student aid?

Occasionally we actually get to cover professors whom we like. In fact, we calculate that of the 149 professors who we have covered so far this year, we’ve had nice things to say about a fifth of them.

A study by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity shows that the State of Texas could save millions of dollars if instructors in the University of Texas system taught more students in larger classes.

When a veteran journalist tries to help his son apply to college and then writes up the experience, you get a riveting memoir that is also a much needed exposé.

Expect the education community to be up in arms over attempts by House Republicans to scale back college grant programs, but don’t expect their charges to be all that accurate.

A national debate is growing over the importance of a college degree, and how much it helps graduates to live a better life.

In an age of limits, colleges and universities are expanding, with the aid of taxpayers with increasingly limited resources.

Parents and students who breathe a sigh of relief because the college of their choice is “accredited” may want to wait to exhale.

A man who Accuracy in Academia rarely sees eye-to-eye with nonetheless makes a  good point  in the October 8, 2010 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

College graduates who inhaled the exotic curricula their alma maters offer up are learning a hard lesson: Nobody really cares about them off campus.

In a bizarre twist of fate, many college students may be living even better than their parents while at school.

Long before America became accustomed to corporate fat cats asking for handouts like well-dressed homeless people, a cadre of millionaires has been subsidized by Uncle Sam with precious little oversight. Of course, we’re talking about college presidents.