Schools Win Battle Over Campus Recruiting
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A federal appeals court on Monday barred the Defense Department from withholding funds from colleges and universities that deny access to military recruiters.
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Several schools have sharply increased tuition to match colleges they consider their rivals, while also providing more financial assistance.
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Schools grapple with degree to which they're responsible for social, as well as academic, skills.
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U.S. college students are already  stressed about getting good grades and a decent job, but this  year there is added pressure: the presidential campaigns want  them to help decide the country's political future.
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The University of Phoenix disputes the government&#39;s portrait that it sells education with the zeal of a hard-charging telemarketer, but recent memos to recruiters reveal tactics similar to those recently cited by federal regulators.
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As competition gets more fierce and pressure more intense, many schools are phasing out class ranking systems. But not everyone thinks that's such a good idea
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Despite Harvard's decision to stop early admissions, more students are applying for college earlier and earlier
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The EMass high school football realignment process is like pushing a stalled car to a gas station - getting it moving is half the battle.
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With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning &#151; and that was just the beginning.
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Forget course catalogs and colorful pamphlets. Think sex, skiing and rock 'n' roll. When it comes to recruiting students for college, admissions officials are turning to increasingly outlandish stunts to get the attention of high schoolers. Birthday cards, ski weekends and even reality TV shows are being used by colleges and universities to get an edge.
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As students head back to school, there's an extra push to bring those who never graduated back into the classroom.
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One school in England sticks out a mile for the number of qualifications points achieved by its students.
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Big-time college athletic departments who assert that their teams' success leads to increased alumni donations and a better applicant pool have created an &quot;arms race&quot; for athletic supremacy when funds could be better spent elsewhere on campus, according to a study by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
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The Supreme Court rejected the claim by a high school football powerhouse in Tennessee that its coachâs recruiting violations were a form of free speech.
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Competition is tougher than ever this year to get into the freshman class at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The admissions office received close to 10,000 applications for just 2,400 slots.
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The NCAA tournament's play-in game is drawing the ire of the historically black colleges and universities as their schools have earned the dubious distinction of being picked most often for the event.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - LenDale White remembers those heady days at Chatfield High School two years ago when he had his ego-expanding recruiting trip to Southern California.