What happens when a child leaves home for college? Does the child get the benefit of being sans parents? Will the empty-nested parents be traumatized? Or does everybody suffer a little and gain a little?Betty...

For many people, starting college is the first step toward a life on their own. But homesickness can happen at any time. The first semester of college is a much longer separation from parents and friends...

According to Collegeboard, the cost of college has been on a steady rise since the mid-1970s, with the cost of tuition and related fees in the 2015-2016 school year rising nearly 10% higher than last year’s...

Housing the students of Kent State has become a competitive market. Two new complexes are hoping to entice those on the apartment-hunt to fill empty rooms and stake claim on the college living space landscape.345...

Every college student comes equipped with an arsenal of electronic devices, but it’s what is stocked on those smartphones, tablets and laptops that really separate the novice students from the pros....

As many 2016 high school graduates prepare for college, many students are wondering if they should go to college at all. Statistics have long shown college graduates earn more than those with lower levels...

LOS ANGELES- Today's American college freshman is more liberal, less religious and increasingly committed to civic involvement and political activism compared with those in previous generations, according...

Welcome to the Orientation Issue of the Kent Stater! Inside this issue is what’s often referred to as your very own “College Survival Guide”— a compilation of reporting and photographing our...

Greensboro, N.C.- College costs keep going up, but there's a little good news for students who use grants and loans to pay for their education.Effective July 1, the maximum amount of the Pell Grant went...

There's a lot more going on at U.S. colleges these days than just studying.On any given day, 1.2 million full-time students are drinking alcohol and more than 703,000 are using marijuana, according to...

The 108 questions that glare at you from the computer screen range from your age to whether you receive combat pay.Filling out the form takes hours -- perhaps with a celebratory glass of wine or slice...

In high school, you might have only been involved with one sport or activity. In college, this is the time to experience it all by getting involved on campus.There are more than 400 student organizations...