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President-Elect Joe Biden was asked Monday if student loan debt cancellation figured into his economic recovery plan. “It does figure in my plan,” Biden said. “The legislation passed by the Democratic House calls for immediate $10,000 forgiveness of student loans… It should be done immediately.”

Just months after images of students flooding Florida beaches and eschewing safety protocols for COVID-19 went viral, a growing number of university leaders are drawing a line in the sand with rigid plans for the upcoming spring semester.

Nearly 500 students at Massachusetts colleges and universities have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past month, according to new data released by the state. For the first time, state health officials began reporting COVID-19 testing data from colleges and universities on Wednesday. The report included information from 59 higher education institutions that are testing on campus. The higher education…

Thousands of students are back on college campuses in Massachusetts, where officials are dealing with the challenges of tracing COVID-19 cases.

With students heading back to college, some health experts are recommending that should an outbreak of COVID-19 occur on campus, students should just stay there and not return home.

The coronavirus pandemic has completely changed how colleges are approaching the 2020-2021 academic year. Plans differ greatly from school to school, with some planning entirely remote learning with no students on campus, some going remote with campus open and others deciding to hold at least some form of in-person classes. Testing will be part of the new normal on most…

Colleges across the Commonwealth and the country are preparing for the return of students this fall. Some have already decided to go online-only, while others are welcoming students back to campus or attempting to find a blend of the two options. But what will college truly look like for students in Massachusetts this fall? Michael Alexander, president of Lasell University…

How are colleges and universities preparing for the return of students? At Lasell University in Newton, MA, students have three options for the fall semester. One is quite unique as we hear from President Michael Alexander.

President Donald Trump is determined to reopen the country

Colleges mulling whether to cut sports amid the coronavirus pandemic must ensure they remain compliant with the federal civil-rights law known as Title IX

More than ever, the nation’s colleges want you to enroll — even if you can’t set foot on campus. That means accepting more students for the Class of 2024 than in recent years.

For undergraduates studying at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, college isn’t what it used to be.

Some U.S. colleges are starting to cancel or postpone spring graduation ceremonies over fears about the new coronavirus.

The first man to publicly accuse a former University of Michigan doctor of sexual abuse says he contacted a newspaper over fears the allegations would be covered up

Rutgers University named a high-ranking Northwestern University official as its new leader on Tuesday, making him the school’s first black president. Jonathan Holloway, 52, will start his new job on July 1 after receiving approval from the Rutgers Board of Governors. He will be the 21st president of New Jersey’s flagship university, succeeding Robert Barchi, who has led Rutgers since…

State lawmakers are set to hear a plan that would boost state funding for public colleges and universities while freezing tuition and fees for the next five years. Dubbed the “Cherish Act” by its supporters, the bill scheduled for a hearing Tuesday before the Legislature’s Higher Education Committee aims to increase spending by about $500 million a year. Advocates say...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday requiring U.S. colleges to certify that they protect free speech on their campuses or risk losing federal research funding.

On Monday, the Trump administration released several proposed changes to the Higher Education Act, which is in the early stages of reauthorization by Congress. The proposal recommends reducing the number of federal loan repayment options and capping the amount of student loans that parents and graduate students can take on. Currently, Americans owe roughly $1.5 trillion in student loans, a...

The president of the University of Massachusetts system says administration officials plan to create an online college for adult learners.

A man who became Quadriplegic in 2015 in an accident was able to walk across his college graduation stage with the help of an exoskeleton.