It's the latest snapshot of the growing burden of student debt and it's another discouraging one: Two-thirds of the national college class of 2011 finished school with loan debt, and those who borrowed walked off the graduation stage owing on...

A pair of desert women are accused of committing fraud through Bakersfield College and other institutions to the tune of $150,000 collectively, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

Former students in career-training programs at dozens of for-profit institutions have had so much trouble paying off their loans that the schools could lose access to federal student aid if they don't improve, new data from the U.S. Department of Education finds.

A charity for at-risk children founded by a former Penn State assistant football coach now charged with molesting boys has asked its donors to give their money to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape instead.

A House Republican who chairs a panel that oversees education says the federal government has failed to adequately protect college students' personal information since it began directly issuing student loans.