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New Jersey governor signs a law mandating that the state's four-year public institutions fully accept credits from completed associate degrees.

College of Staten Island was justified in denying recognition (and funds) to Greek organization for excluding women, U.S. appeals court rules.

Trustees at a California community college vote to expand health coverage to all board members -- but faculty and staff, many without benefits, voice dissent.

College graduates smoke less and are likelier to exercise than other Americans. And they're civically engaged, the College Board says in a new report touting public benefits of higher education.

In Florida, where budget shortfalls are hitting higher education particularly hard, the public universities are going to battle with the...

Erwin Chemerinsky, leading constitutional scholar tapped to head California-Irvine's new school, is told he's too "controversial" (liberal).

U.S. study offers comprehensive portrait of status of black, Hispanic and other Americans in higher education -- but its most revealing data may be on the college gender gap.