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The digital age has proven to be quite a challenge for the security of SAT test. As cheating scandals pop up, many are reconsidering the college admissions process.

A report released by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education on Wednesday projects the rate at which Massachusetts residents earn college degrees will shift from growth to decline by 2022.

Speaking in his hometown of Cambridge on Friday, actor Matt Damon addressed graduates at MIT’s commencement ceremony.

Three Ivy League schools are alleged to have used racial quotas to limit the number of Asian American students admitted to their campuses. The Asian American Coalition for Education says Yale, Brown and Dartmouth have been doing this for at least a decade. The group recently filed a complaint with the federal government.

The University of Massachusetts Boston, facing a $22 million budget gap, is moving to cut hundreds of teaching positions before the Fall 2016 semester.

Let’s say you’re a college professor. You’ve got your tweed jacket, you’ve set up your lectern, and you’re all ready to fill young minds with knowledge. Now… what books do you teach?

In Washington D.C. on Monday, a coalition of nearly 130 Asian-American organizations filed a complaint with the federal government claiming anti-Asian bias in admissions at several Ivy League institutions. The Asian American Coalition for Education is asking the government to investigate admissions practices at Yale, Brown and Dartmouth. 

A new report out from a Boston-based think-tank argues that the University of Massachusetts Amherst is admitting too many out-of-state students and undermining its public mission.

The Obama administration has unveiled its new overtime rule, which will make more than four million workers eligible for extra pay. The rule would have big implications for employees at colleges and universities, and college presidents worry it carries unintended consequences.

Race isn't a new issue on college campuses, but American higher education is increasingly grappling with how to acknowledge and memorialize its ties to racism and slavery. Some say that recognition can be a slippery slope.