Four schools created a new Transfer Hub aimed at helping more students earn degrees.

For many people in prison, access to college courses is dependent on access to federal financial aid, including Pell Grant. But in over half of all states, men's prisons offer more access to Pell Grant-eligible courses than women's prisons do, researchers say.

Temple University has unanimously selected a veteran president following three years of leadership instability. Also: another president caught in the crossfire of recent campus protests steps down.

There has been a long-running rise in the number of women pursuing higher education, while the percentage of students who are men has been declining—a trend that's beginning to hit even male-dominated fields such as engineering and business.