A medical school in Texas, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, will no longer consider race in its admissions process after a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Education.

Which higher education institutions are the most impactful in the nation? Right off the bat, most would say the elite universities, such as Harvard and Stanford. But when it comes to how many lives are actually being touched and changed through higher education, it makes sense to consider the impactful role of community colleges, where diversity is high and where the adversity students have faced shapes classroom conversations to be richer and fuller.

It can be said that in most other countries, legacy admissions are not really a “thing” anymore, yet elite universities in the U.S. continue to admit students who have siblings or parents who attended the same university before them.

Admissions to top-tier universities dropped even more this year, according to newly released data from universities that just sent their acceptance letters to the next wave of incoming students for the graduating class of 2023.

According to a report from a recent analysis by researchers at UCLA and University of Arizona, some universities and colleges invest disproportionately large efforts into recruiting white, wealthy, out-of-state students.

First-generation, low-income college applicants face many challenges that make the college admissions process a vastly different experience.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A report from the Secretary of State found that Oregon hasn’t followed up on recommendations to better track the progress of the state’s most at-risk students.

The student debt crisis is not only “dragging down” students, but it’s also impacting the entire economy, according to a new analysis.

In the U.S., women make up more than two-thirds of students studying abroad, a proportion that has remained relatively the same for the last 10 years, according to a new report.

According to a new study, school districts across the U.S. where the majority of students are students of color receive at least $23 billion less in education funding than schools with majority white students.

All across the U.S. universities are taking steps to improve mental health services on campus for their students and staff. Leadership at many universities has recognized the importance of providing these services to populations who might not traditionally seek the services, and to those who need it, but can’t access it.