Legacy Topic: Education

It's part of an administration effort to crack down on deceptive marketing practices by educational institutions that target veterans for their federal education benefits.

With the cost of college climbing, a small private school offers students a way to get smart, and build a business -- tuition-free.

At $1 trillion nationally, student debt surpasses credit card debt and car loans, and it can be a serious drag on the economy.

Interest rates on federal student loans are set to double on July 1. The president is urging Congress to stop that increase.

Five big schools, including Princeton and University of Pennsylvania, will begin offering free classes on the web. It's all part of a new venture backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

This week Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is expected to sign a controversial law that overhauls education in that state. The package of reforms will create one of the largest school voucher programs in the country.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is expected to sign an education overhaul into law this week. It'll create one of the largest school voucher programs in the country.

Part-timers, transfers and returning students aren't counted in official graduation rates. A change by the Department of Education could add them to the mix.

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is moving ahead with controversial plans for a longer school day. That would make Chicago an outlier, because a longer day costs more money -- which most districts don't have at the moment.

Major companies increasingly want M.B.A.s to help them make financial, environmental and social gains.