New information about the immense value of college degrees will delight supporters of higher education. But what’s behind the numbers tells a tale of the unfinished business of college attainment. The ...

The past 15 years of efforts to improve college access and success could be deemed the “attainment goal era,” as nearly every state in the country set an ambitious goal to increase the share of their ...

New data from the Lumina Foundation on college degree or credential attainment rates for U.S. adults show both good and bad news. The national share of working-age Americans who hold college degrees ...

The attainment gap between Scotland's richest and poorest school pupils increased last year, according to new figures. The Scottish government has said since 2015 that closing this gap - between the ...

New Insights Into Attainment for Low-Income Students Surprising new data show that part-time Pell Grant recipients are doing better than their peers, but four-year colleges are not serving Pell ...

Christians are one of the world’s most highly educated religious groups: The vast majority of Christian adults ages 25 and older (91%) have at least some formal schooling, and one-in-five have ...

Children living in relative poverty in England have worse average educational outcomes, including lower grades in exams, than other pupils. This situation is often referred to as the poverty ...

About 45 percent of the working-age adults in the United States have earned college degrees or postsecondary certificates, the Lumina Foundation reported Monday, a figure that doesn’t bode well for ...

The gap between what Scotland's poorest and richest young people are achieving in school "remains wide", a spending watchdog has warned. Audit Scotland said progress on closing the poverty-related ...

Life is full of temptations. Like this slice of chocolate cake while I’m on my New Year’s resolution diet, temptations have strong hedonic and motivational value. They make us feel good now. We desire ...