Nearly half of all community college students reach meaningful milestones—a far better picture than traditional graduation rates suggest, a new Federal Reserve metric finds.

Colleges are increasingly using post-graduation earnings data to evaluate student outcomes and shape programs. Supporters say the shift can help align degrees more closely with labor market demand.

Advancement teams are reexamining how they accept donations as the potential fallout of accepting certain gifts rises.

Federal student loan rules for graduate school borrowers are changing for the first time in nearly two decades, and the effects are causing a hard reckoning for current university business models.