-- It sounds like the worst of all worlds – borrowing money for college, then dropping out and facing the debt without a degree. But a new stu...
If you're a member of the Class of 2013 and want to some day be rich enough to own your own island, you may want to pay attention to Virgin Group foun...
Before he became a legendary journalist and news anchor, Tom Brokaw was a promising high school graduate embarking on his collegiate journey -- but hi...
There is something vaguely pyramid-scheme-feeling about a college dropout becoming successful by talking about how successful he's managed to be as a college dropout.
While big football programs bring in huge revenues, their players are often left with no money, no college degree and few job prospects. Among the top 25 teams in the BCS standings this year, just over half their football players managed to graduate.
Considering law school? It's not always a guaranteed path to fame and fortune. In fact, many famous and interesting people dropped out of law school i...
Though I make these observations, do not see me as an apologist and excuse-maker for higher education. There is much to be done to improve student success as it takes its place along with access as a national priority.
We don't need to do away with experts entirely. Instead, let's update and refine what it means to be an expert in the 21st century.
In college, having people know you're a combat veteran is sort of like identifying yourself as a foreign exchange student. So I guess I'll start there, putting on my pith helmet and exploring the observations a 29-year-old combat veteran who is also a junior in college might have.
At only 25 years old, Katie was certainly dealing with a lot of issues on "Intervention" (Mon., 9 p.m. ET on A&E). She'd dropped out of college, and w...
Geraldine Johnson, 64, is unemployed after paying $60,000 for a master's degree. She lives on $1,034 in Social Security and in December will begin paying $400 of that toward her student loans.
This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. Of the 115 city kids who scored New Haven Promise scholarships last year, 71 made it thro...
Last Fall, Facebook investor Peter Thiel gave 24 young adults $100,000 each to drop out of college. The Silicon Valley billionaire did so in part t...
This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. After her brother was killed by gunfire, and with no parents to turn to for help, Patrici...
Sometimes finishing college, even when you're just a few credits or even a couple weeks away, seems hopeless. That doesn't mean the good life is impos...
I tried going to college directly after high school, and I hated it. It was a small liberal arts college on the East Coast. Most of the students had w...
By Alexandra Churchill We all know how expensive college can be, but according to this report by The Huffington Post, the benefits of having a coll...
The student we're tracking -- where is he or she the following year, or in 20 years? More importantly, who is that student in twenty years? And which learning experiences are responsible?
Our nation is facing a crisis -- with vast domestic and worldwide implications -- that can only be addressed by thinking out of the box about education.
From groundbreaking research to breakthrough ideas and incisive analysis, it's been a fertile year for the written word.
In a time of economic uncertainty, America's imagination has been captured by companies largely founded by college dropouts -- Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and others.
The most successful entrepreneurs are those with multiple real-life experiences, who have personal exposure to markets where opportunities are being left on the table.
There are few things more condescending and destructive than those who have benefited from an expensive and intensive college education arguing that others need not bother about such benefits for themselves.
NEW YORK -- This past May, Audrey Hollingsworth had finally reached her limit. The rising debt and chronic joblessness among her friends, combined...
Because of the rising cost of college tuition, many people have been looking for new and creative ways to 'hack' education and reduce the price of a h...
