Though more high school graduates are questioning the worth of college, many bachelor's degrees are still expected to lead to six-figure jobs.

The University of Oklahoma plans three-year degrees in cybersecurity and social work to reduce student costs and put graduates to work more quickly.

REXBURG, IDAHO, a college town of 40,000 near Yellowstone National Park, is an unlikely place for a computer-science boom. Home to Brigham Young University-Idaho, a sister institution to the flagship ...

Sal Khan is launching the Khan TED Institute to offer a low-cost, AI-focused alternative to elite universities, starting with a Bachelor’s degree in Applied AI. The program aims to secure academic ...

The changes have been years in the making and represent a federal hiring apparatus more focused on applicable skills than specific backgrounds. The Office of Personnel Management released new ...

Debt relief is in high demand right now — and the numbers clearly explain why. Total household debt hit $18.8 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2025, an all-time high, according to the Federal Reserve ...

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

About one in four college students is both first-generation and from low-income backgrounds, making the path to a college degree especially challenging. At Boston College’s Messina College, a new, two ...

Cherri McKinney rides the bus home from her office in Denver using an EcoPass, a free monthly RTD pass, provided to Colorado state employees. Credit: Sara Hertwig for The Hechinger Report The ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

Finance degrees build skills in data analysis, financial modeling, and strategic decision-making across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. Graduates pursue roles like financial analyst, ...