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The University of Mississippi and the University of Southern Mississippi are getting several new degree programs. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning approved the programs during a regular ...

Research has found that Americans are increasingly questioning whether college is worth the time and price, deterred by the rising cost of higher education and the prospect of student debt. But ...

Last month, Manchester University, a private liberal arts college two hours north of Indianapolis, became the first college in Indiana to win approval to offer reduced-credit bachelor’s degrees. The ...

WASHINGTON — For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single ...

Harper College and other community colleges have renewed a long-sought plan to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees in select fields, but the effort has again stalled in Springfield amid opposition from ...

Just 18% of American adults without a college degree believe four-year colleges charge a "fair" price — but they still find value in getting a college degree. Those are the findings of a new Lumina ...

First-year paramedic student Madison Magill practices checking pulse and blood pressure Feb. 11 at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. Of Iowa’s top 10 jobs with openings as of Feb. 3, half ...