With their endowments ravaged by the financial markets and more students clamoring for assistance, private colleges like Reed are making numerous changes this year in staff, students, tuition and classes that they hope will tide them over without harming their reputations or their educational goals.

So what kind of teachers could a school get if it paid them $125,000 a year?

The math is ugly. Financial aid is going down at many schools, just when more students need it more than ever.  Don't despair, though. There are ways  to make the grade.

If the bad job market has you thinking about going back to school for an advanced degree, here's some tips on federal student loan programs.

Obama is calling for a sweeping $18 billion proposal covering birth to higher education. It includes reforms for teaching, funds for pre-school programs, college tax credits as well as revamping the college student loan system.

President Barack Obama is trying to remake the government’s lending  program by eliminating the middle man, which will mean funding for students.

Leaders of historically black colleges say they'll fight a reduction in a federal program they call a financial lifeline at a time of economic distress for the schools and their students.

President Barack Obama said Friday there have been "somewhat encouraging" improvements in the country's stricken labor markets, but the rate of joblessness is "still a sobering toll."

The private student lending industry and its allies in Congress are maneuvering to thwart a plan by President Obama to end a subsidized loan program and redirect billions of dollars in bank profits to scholarships for needy students.

Parents who've seen the value of their 529 plans plummet may have another shock coming: the plans can't be counted on to pay the entire cost of college.

Preschool enrollment is up and spending on state pre-K programs is up, too — but the economic downturn could spell trouble for the nation's youngest schoolchildren, says a report being released Wednesday.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday he wants to launch a "new era" of science education in the United States, one that encourages students to ask tough, challenging questions and brings more specially trained science and math teachers into the classroom.

Bank of America is starting to withdraw offers to some MBA students that graduate from US business schools this year, the Financial Times reported Monday.

Whether it's marriage, parenthood or retirement, they'll always be pitfalls to avoid.  Start by being open and honest and you're half way there.

Estimating how effective the huge program of tax cuts and spending will be in getting America’s economic engines humming again is a far more complex calculation requiring almost line-by-line scrutiny of the 647-page bill, lawmakers, the New York Times reports.