While your school is on holiday break, criminal actors see it as an open invitation to compromise valuable and confidential student data.

Students increasingly expect their schools to offer academic support, career counseling and even social activities online, according to the 2022 CIN EdTech Student Survey by the College Innovation Network at Western Governors University.

About 650 schools were graded based on the clarity of requirements and award amounts, as well as consistency in the application process. Colleges face no transparency requirements in issuing merit-based scholarships, "leaving each college to decide how upfront or opaque it wants to be," according to the CAP Report Card released by College Aid Pro.

A first-of-its-kind analysis explores the rate at which students were suspended and expelled from public universities for sexual harassment and crimes.