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Hesitancy to use college outcomes data, like post-graduation earnings, is giving way to acceptance and even enthusiasm.

With AI creating more demand for electricity, geothermal is getting a second look thanks to favorable politics and new ...

Constitution-First” Republicans are uncomfortable with Trump’s abuses of power, and could be the key to a pro-democracy bipartisan coalition.

New rules on student loans and borrowing could rein in tuition growth and bring accountability to colleges for programs with poor returns.

Dependence on federal programs is corporate America’s dirty secret. In a new report out this week, the Institute for Policy Studies names the 20 largest employers of low-wage workers in America, which ...

Every energy crisis, including the current one caused by the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, is a windfall for oil refiners.

Democrats need an achievable program that addresses the affordability issue plaguing the majority of Americans: health care costs.

Americans say health care costs are their number one pocketbook concern. In response, many are offering a panoply of non-solutions.