Education

Columbia College Chicago may cut or consolidate at least 18 “underperforming” majors due to financial reasons, the school announced Thursday.

Columbia College Chicago could cut or consolidate at least 18 “underperforming” majors from its curriculum citing financial reasons as it undergoes an “evaluation of programmatic offerings,” a lengthy announcement from the school said Thursday.

Arizona State University is launching a program for parents and guardians of their students called “Thriving in Your Empty Nest Chapter.”

Stanford University tops LinkedIn’s list as the No.1 MBA program in the world in 2024.

As students have now headed back to the classroom for the start of the 2024-25 school year, Chicago Magazine has unveiled a new ranking of public high schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs.

With school now in full swing, some parents might be wondering what to do with their children after school to set them up for success in the future. NBC Chicago’s Evrod Cassimy reports.

An Illinois university was named to Forbes’ list of top 25 public colleges in the U.S., marking the only Illinois school to make the cut in the latest ranking.

An Illinois university was named to Forbes’ list of top 25 public colleges in the U.S., marking the only Illinois school to make the cut in the latest ranking.

More than 300,000 students will head back to classrooms Monday in sweltering heat as the first day of Chicago Public Schools begins.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona vows “to do better” as administrators say this year’s FAFSA debacle is already leaving its mark on campuses.

Incoming freshmen students at University of Illinois at Chicago are moving in as the new school year approaches. NBC Chicago’s Jenn Schanz reports.

As students across the Chicago area head back to school, some are wondering when Chicago Public Schools’ students will return to the classroom.

Students at the University of Illinois-Chicago will have a shortened move-in period this August thanks to the Democratic National Convention this week — and school officials are warning of potentially long lines.

The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of a workforce shortage.

Some of the new rules imposed by universities include banning encampments, limiting the duration of demonstrations and allowing protests only in designated spaces.

Years after COVID, nearly every state is still struggling with school attendance. Roughly one in four students remained chronically absent in the 2022-23 school year, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and Stanford University economist Thomas Dee.

Columbia’s upper Manhattan campus was at the center of a protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war that swept college campuses nationwide

Thousands of students are returning to school in the Chicago area for the first day of the 2024-25 school year, but this year will bring some changes.

Thousands of students are returning to school in the Chicago area for the first day of the 2024-25 school year, but this year will bring some changes. Lisa Chavarria reports.

Hopefully there won’t be as many technical glitches for students, but the 2025-26 FAFSA won’t open on time, the DOE announced.