increasing access and success

The nation's largest accreditor of for-profit colleges has effectively been shut down, losing the right to certify schools. The final decision from the U.S. Department of Education comes in the waning days of the Obama administration, which has regulated the for-profit sector.

For the third year in row, enrollment at Massachusetts public colleges and universities has declined. The trend follows demographic shifts and carries economic implications.

Every three years, half a million 15-year-olds from dozens of education systems around the world take the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which measures their proficiency in reading, math and science. Massachusetts is one of only two states in the U.S. that pays to participate as a "mini nation,” hoping its investment will pay off.

Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, is once again flying  a U.S. flag in the center of campus. Early Friday morning, college officials reversed the removal of the flag at that one location that drew sharp criticism.

Flag burning is one of those hot button issues. While it angers most Americans, it is protected as free speech. WGBH's Jim Braude weighs in on what’s been going on at Hampshire College and President Elect Donald Trump’s reaction to it.

A controversy surrounding a U.S. flag at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts has thrust the small liberal arts school into a national debate about nationalism, free speech, and civil dialogue.

During his first lecture following the election of Donald J. Trump, Boston University Professor of Earth and Environment Cutler Cleveland got an expected question from a student: Did I choose the wrong major?

Students, faculty, staff and immigration advocates are calling on college and university administrators to make campuses “sanctuaries” for people who could face deportation under the policies of President-elect Donald Trump.

Graduate and some undergraduate students at Harvard University will vote this week on whether to form the Ivy League’s first graduate student union.

Making higher education more affordable has been front and center during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. How did the issue - once scarcely talked about by candidates - make its way into national politics?