I thought corporal punishment was a relic of the past — until I found this map showing U.S. states that…

The price of college is higher than ever but not having a degree is even more costly, according to recent…

In this bar chart, you can see the differences in tuition for private and public Universities. This chart applies for…

While studies have shown that a base of emotional support at college is correlated with higher workplace engagement and greater…

Those with college degrees see the benefit their education has brought them. With rising costs of college and higher loan…

Students cannot afford any further Pell Grant reductions; this year's $5,635 maximum Pell Grant covers less than one-third of the…

In 2013, Gallup and Inside Higher Ed conducted a survey of parents about their college admissions decision-making process. When asked…

Since surpassing Health Sciences in 2005, Biological and Biomedical Sciences has been the main field of specialization of international students…

With the midterm elections coming up in just two weeks, many colleges are trying to get their students to vote.…

The percentage of women earning degrees in psychology skyrocketed between 1971 and 2002. In 2002, over 3/4 of women were…

National student debt is climbing and is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Student loans provided by the government range from…

In 2013, Tax Policy Center estimates that more than half of the benefits of the Tuition and Feeds Deduction and…

Despite what the media would have people believe, the prevalence of guns on high school campuses has decreased. According to…

47% of black women who attend college have dependent children, yet campus child care centers only address 5% of the…

College students report taking, on average, only one course related to the Middle East, which most likely would be a…

College students spend most of their time sleeping on an average weekday, but they also surprisingly pour more time into…

A survey displaying the top five reasons why, students decide whether or not to participate in Extracurricular Activities. Showing that…

When it comes to finding an internship, you are far better off choosing one that pays. Not only will you…

Optimism about future job pursuits declines over time, but the decline is steeper for girls than boys. Two-thirds (67%) of…

There is a 20% difference between the overall high school graduation rates in the United State and the rate of…

The Center for Disease Control's latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) shows that alcohol use is declining for U.S. students…

Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, recently scored the number one slot in the Princeton Review's ranking of colleges with…

In kids, eating breakfast helps improve attention and focus in the classroom. A 2013 study in the journal Frontiers in…

Under proposals, tax-based student aid would go to the low- and modest-income families and individuals who most struggle with college…

Low-income students still attend college at lower rates than high-income students. The lowest-income students are only one-seventh as likely as…

In the U.S., an alarming rate of disabled student are being tossed into isolation and various forms of restraint in…

Despite research showing that low/ modest-income families are more likely to respond to changes in college costs and student aid,…

Proposal Two is an attempt to preserve the benefits of Proposal One while addressing its potential shortcomings. Both recommendations improve…

This chart shows the value of tax-based student aid by income category before and after the changes in Proposal One…

As federal tax-based student aid has increased, so too has criticism of it. Not enough help goes to the low-income…

In the 2013 Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) survey at four-year institutions, 53 percent of first-year students said that the…

Since the late 90's, tax-based student aid has more than quadrupled and now represents more than half of all non-loan…

Each country's teacher status index score was compiled based on four factors:

1. Ranking primary school teachers against other professions…

Imagine how motivated a teacher would be to put in extra effort if the likelihood of qualifying for the bonus…

North Carolina has operated one of the country's largest pay-for-performance teacher-bonus programs since the late 1990s. This chart shows the…

Close to half of college students no longer fit the “traditional” student model. Students with children face financial challenges to…