We have 17 million Americans with bachelor's degrees doing menial work that doesn't require that level of education. Instead of trying to subsidize the cost of college, the focus should be on rejuvenating vocational education and skill-specific certificate programs.

When my parents first announced at Thanksgiving that they were taking out a life insurance policy on me, I was taken aback and slightly offended. In fact, I thought it was a cruel joke.

While this freeze is far from a single solution to the problem of affordability, it is a symbol of Ohio State's historic commitment to access. We are seizing this moment to hold the line on tuition for tens of thousands of Ohio students and, in doing so, leaving millions of dollars on the table.

US News and World report recently ranked the 10 colleges that graduate students with the most debt. On the list are mostly small, private institutions...

As college debt soars over $1 trillion in the U.S., students across the nation are struggling to pay for their degrees. Rising college tuitions, a...

After a sharp jump during the worst of the recession, new figures show the number of students defaulting on federal loans seems to be stabilizing. Stu...

As a country, we have reached a critical point within our system of higher education. In the past three decades, the cost of attaining a college degr...

With total student loan debt long past the $1 billion mark, activists are doing all they can to put as many faces on the crisis as possible. Their...

During a campaign stop in Manchester, N.H. on Monday, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was asked by a college student what he w...

At a time when funding for education is being slashed at all levels, the lenders are flush with cash as our leaders stand idly by, refusing to do anything about this ever-growing problem.

If we recognize and address the serious threat of a potential student loan meltdown, we can protect student enrollment from a crisis that could leave our colleges looking like our foreclosed neighborhoods, a sad legacy of the recent mortgage crisis.

Congress has passed legislation that will keep student loan rates fixed at 3.4 percent before a rise July 1, in conjunction with a measure that allocated funding for construction of roads and bridges.