Barack Obama wants university leaders to stick to their guns. Appearing on the final episode of Marc Maron’s long-running WTF podcast, the former U.S. president urged college presidents to guard their ...

“Just tinkering around the edges won’t be enough,” Obama said in an email to supporters this week, with college students across the country returning to campus. “We’ve got to shake up the current ...

SPRINGFIELD — A top state education official says she's excited about President Obama's plan to provide students with two years of free community college. Illinois Community College Board’s Executive ...

Momentum for immigration reform has dwindled and the healthcare rollout has been plagued by technical issues, but the White House on Wednesday highlighted one initiative it hopes will gather steam in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says higher education shouldn’t be a luxury or a roll of the dice. He says it’s an economic necessity and every American family should be able to afford it. In ...

President Obama is eyeing community colleges in his quest to produce 8 million more graduates by 2020. Obama is hosting a summit at the White House that will include representatives from community ...

Today in academia: Finals season begins, the highest paid college presidents, Oxford's many trademarks, and Obama's scheduled chat about steep tuition. Oxford is very serious about its trademark. What ...

The big idea in President Obama's new proposal for tackling the growing crisis in college affordability can be boiled down to this: linking federal higher education aid to a new grading system that ...