Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Emma Bittner considered getting a master's degree in public health at a university near her home in Austin, Texas. But the in-person program cost tens of thousands of dollars more than she had hoped ...

Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses online this semester at Santa Ana College: an anthropology class, business calculus and business law. It’s a course schedule that reflects a new ...

K en Tidwell Jr. was fairly certain: Students would come back to San Jacinto College for in-person classes after the pandemic. Texas, as elsewhere, still had digital-equity gaps. And online learning ...

Schools turn to little-known consultants, owned by private equity firms, to find applicants and calculate scholarships. Here’s how that affects the price you pay. By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber’s experience ...

Despite common perception, acceptance rates are going up. Nathan Smith has already sent three kids to college. But he’s never seen anything like the volume of recruiting materials pouring in since his ...