When I went to college, I was right out of high school, overwhelmed by the freedom and very quickly baffled by the academic expectations. Today’s college students are often much more mature, m   Read more >>

Single: College student Zhang MengqianShe was probably hoping at least one, possible two, might respond.But when a Chinese student posted a message at college saying she wanted a boyfriend, they came   Read more >>

A cash-strapped New Zealand student who auctioned off her virginity to help pay for university said she had accepted an offer of $NZ45,000 to sleep with a stranger.The 19-year-old offered her virginit   Read more >>

Just a few years ago, Woodbridge Middle School was not so different from many other suburban middle schools, with a large and diverse student body and middling test scores. The school lies in a nort   Read more >>

Xin Yang told him she already had a boyfriend who she was planning to marryOn January 20, Haiyang Zhu, a graduate student at Virginia Tech, professed his love to fellow student Xin Yang. They'd onl   Read more >>

Evolution should be taught early, scientists advised

Primary school children in England will have to learn about evolution and British history under a shake-up of the national curriculum.Schools Min   Read more >>

People shop at the Costco Wholesale store in Burbank, Calif. Costco said Oct. 28 it will start accepting food stamps nationwide after testing them in New York.

Half of American kids will live in hou   Read more >>

Some high school students in France will be paid in exchange for attending classes on a regular basisFew things in France can provoke heated debate faster than moves to tinker with the country's va   Read more >>

If you are a first year MBA student, especially if you are at a lesser-known MBA program, networking is going to be an essential component to landing your summer internship.

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A study by Michigan State University education professor Spyros Konstantopoulos found that several consecutive years of small classes in early elementary school benefits students of all achievement l   Read more >>

I graduated from UC-Berkeley in December, 2000 with a far less than stellar GPA.   But, I took everything I learned from my mistakes and  guided my younger sister to  graduating with honors in a   Read more >>

With more students strapped for cash and time, accelerated business programs are growing in popularity. A WSJ survey identifies the best. In these tough times, lots of workers are stuck in a bind: Th   Read more >>

No one would accuse Erika DeBenedictis of having a light schedule. Ms. DeBenedictis, 17, recently finished her junior year at the Albuquerque Academy in New Mexico, where she took A.P. Physics, A.P.   Read more >>

A Florida biology teacher fired after posing for racy pictures has landed a new career – in pornography.Tiffany Shepherd, 31, made headlines in April after bikini-clad pictures of her on a fishing   Read more >>

Aside from partying, the thing you’re probably going to do most in college is read. Assuming you’re at all serious about your education, you’ll read so much that words will come out your ears. Un   Read more >>

When times are tough, most people are tight with their money. But in the past couple of months, somebody has been giving millions of dollars to more than a dozen colleges — anonymously. Not even the   Read more >>

We’re coming up on back-to-school time, and for thousands of young people everywhere, that means taking their first great big step into adult life: college. Going to school, whether you stay at hom   Read more >>

1. Harvard University50 billionaire graduatesThe oldest institution of higher learning in the U.S. has also graduated the most current billionaires. It has awarded 53 degrees to this affluent group. N   Read more >>

With the start of the academic year, it's time to switch out of vacation mode—pronto. What you do the first week of classes can majorly impact your grades four months from now, so don't skip thes   Read more >>

The new head of superstar Will Smith’s New Village Leadership Academy once studied Scientology, RadarOnline.com can reveal. On Wednesday we broke the story that Jada had fired the original hire after   Read more >>