President Obama launches a two-day education bus tour focusing on college costs. President Barack Obama walks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, July 30, 2013, in Washington.

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 ...

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 ...

Finding the right college is complicated enough for well-prepared students from middle- or upper-class families with a history of college education. If you’re a low-income student, the first in your ...

Looking very collegiate in a blue blazer and khakis, President Obama unveiled his new college ratings plan on Thursday morning at the University of Buffalo. The speech kicks off a two-day college tour ...

In his State of The Union address, President Obama called for the government’s student financial aid to be tied somehow to the particular value of education at each college or university. That ...

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 ...

President Barack Obama announced a wide-ranging plan to bring down the cost of a college education Thursday, including rating colleges on the bang they provide for students’ bucks and tying financial ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivoting to his latest election-year theme, President Barack Obama will go before college crowds in three swing states to warn of financial doom for millions of students if Congress ...

Donald Trump, the impossibly coiffed real estate mogul, reality TV star and de facto leader of the "birther" movement, made his "big announcement" about President Barack Obama on Wednesday, saying he ...