Education

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.

West Chicago magnet prepares students for high-skill manufacturing jobs, and for college

They differ on politics, but both see college as a way to help their kids do better than they have.

Commentator Farhad Manjoo says coding will help you keep your job or help you make a case for a raise.

But commentator Robert Reich says access to college is being squeezed at a time the country needs it the most.

University budget cuts are driving more students to for-profit colleges, but the debt load there is often higher and future prospects slimmer.

The amount U.S. graduates owe on education loans could become a bigger drag on the economy than the nation's total credit card debt.

New data shows that Europeans are rushing to learn German as the country remains the strongest in the European Union. Do language trends always follow the money?

Soon-to-be graduates from Emory University in Atlanta discuss the four years they spent studying alongside a lousy economy, what they've learned since the financial crisis, and plans after graduation.

For the first time, more than 30 percent of American's have at least a bachelor's, according to the Census Bureau. But there is a growing racial gap between the haves and have nots.