Obama’s message comes at a pivotal moment, as the Trump administration pressures colleges to get on board with its sweeping higher-education agenda. The administration’s “Compact for Academic ...

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President Obama’s pledge to begin federal ratings of colleges by 2015 has touched off widespread debate in academia, exposing a divide that can be seen in contrasting reactions from the leader of a ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Community college administrators and students in the Bay Area are reacting to President Obama's ambitious plan to make community college free for American workers. He wants ...

President Obama delivered his pitch for college affordability at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Friday morning, making it very clear that the best way to reach young voters is to speak ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will meet with representatives of colleges, universities and philanthropic groups at the White House on Thursday to talk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former President Barack Obama gave his audience the words that many longed to hear at the end of his talk on Thursday evening at ...

Around 250 college chancellors and higher education leaders packed a White House summit where both President Barack Obama and the first lady called on colleges and advocacy organizations to help more ...

President Obama in his weekly address last week actually acknowledged the high cost of college tuition after the White House’s announcement of the president’s plan to expand college opportunity ...