The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that the median time to earn a bachelor's degree was 3.7 years in 2024-25. Thousands finished in a year or two.

What do influencing, AI and health sciences have in common? They’re all degree programs colleges have launched in the last few years to attract students looking for a new career path. On today's show,...

Thomas R. Jehn, the longtime director of the Harvard College Writing Program, retired Wednesday after nearly three decades at the University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences spokesperson James M. Chishol...

President Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews.

Students facing acute challenges affording their tuition are increasingly turning to crowdfunding. Experts warn it’s a temporary fix to systemic affordability issues.

What we can learn from the “service departments.”

For decades, U.S. colleges and universities have been regarded as among the best in the world. From the Ivy League to state research institutions, thousands of students and professors from around the ...

An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.

As Congress faces calls to regulate artificial intelligence, NBC News asked members how — and whether — they use it.

Students should have skin in the game, pick schools that don’t mean maxing out loans and explore options at community colleges, these parents say.

Higher ed is being strangled by absurd and costly rules. What message is that sending to students?

Many four-year colleges will resort to laying off faculty, cutting services and increasing prices amid financial stress

The findings carry stark implications for elections, public health, and anyone who relies on social media for information

Instead of relying on AI detectors or going back to pen and paper assignments, educators said they redesigned classes to make students prove they are learning.

The appeal comes after Missouri's highest court blocked the new map and ordered a statewide vote in November on whether to keep or reject it.

Harvard faculty in the humanities and social sciences expressed broad concern over an email Harvard College Dean David J. Deming sent students Wednesday suggesting that artificial intelligence be inte...

A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium.

Three novice climbers were rescued from Mount Shasta on Sunday after becoming lost, running low on supplies and spending an unplanned night in Mud Creek Canyon,