- August 19, 2008 • 5:55 pm PDT
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A Yale graduate student is building a tiny off-the-grid home to make the best use of her paltry graduate stipend. She's no Andrea Zittel, but she's doing a fine job so far.

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While 60 percent of white students earn a college degree in six years, only 49 percent of Hispanic and 40 percent of black students do the same.
President Obama has laid down the gauntlet: By 2020, he wants the proportion of Americans with college degrees to be the highest in the world....
Morning Roundup: From The New York Times: Graduation Is the Goal, Staying Alive the Prize In Chicago’s public schools, where 258 students were...

30,000 users have tested out the Facebook Global M.B.A. degree. Would you enroll?

Sure, Harvard grad Natalie Portman is super smart, but here are 13 other actors, musicians and even a model—all with advanced degrees!

Athletes even graduate at a rate higher than the general student body.
When Jason Paul graduated from college, he tried to find a "conventional" job, but after sending out 180 applications, he remained jobless....
Under a pilot program starting in the 2011-2012 school year, 10 to 20 high schools in each of eight states (Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, New...
In an attempt to get the U.S. back its edge in technology and innovation, Intel is spearheading an effort to proffer $3.5 billion to invest in...
The size of a university's endowment is frequently a measure of its wealth and prestige. Despite the significant hit that endowments took last...
Morning Roundup: From The New York Times: Obama Conveys Principle to Students Speaking at Kalamazoo Central High School, President Obama...

Morning Roundup: From The New York Times: Obama Calls for U.S. to Lead in Graduation President Obama, at the University of Texas, called for...

A high school diploma is no more a guarantee of a living wage job in Haiti than here in the United States. HELP is working to make a difference.

Enrolling students in college is one challenge, but making sure they can thrive once they get there is another challenge altogether.
The U.S. government has poured $100 billion of stimulus money into the Education Department, but does paying more lead to better results? Our...
If Education Secretary Arne Duncan was looking for an "I told you so" moment to go along with his crusade to get the NCAA to bring up its...
Morning Roundup: From the Los Angeles Times: Palin to get $75,000 for Cal State Stanislaus speech Two Cal State sources disclose the amount,...
Much like the achievement gap in K-12 schooling, higher education is plagued by its own gap—with respect to minority graduation rates....

You go, girl! Women are racking up the degrees in record numbers.
Chicago's National Louis University is offering an introductory teacher education class through a Groupon deal.