College administrators around the country are facing a challenge in dealing with swine flu on campus.
Epidemiologists fear the pandemic could explode as the seasonal flu and swine flu both hit.

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That’s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom.

SEATTLE (AP) — A few months ago, Rebecca Gottlieb faced a difficult choice: continue on at her $50,000-a-year private school in Massachusetts, or leave her new friends and life and enroll at a cheaper school near home in Washington.

SEATTLE (AP) - A new study says fewer than 55 percent of four-year college students graduate with a degree within six years.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Aubrey Sparks is like any other 14-year-old girl. She enjoys giggling with her friends and listening to silly music. But Aubrey also sneaks copies of her dad’s Scientific American Mind, wakes up early to watch CNN, and, in August, the Springfield Middle School eighth-grader will enroll in college.

A new Health Science building expansion will provide needed space for Ogeechee Technical College’s growing enrollment, and will give the local economy a boost.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Got stress? Oh, yeah, college students say, what with roommates, GPAs, student loans and all the rest.

As more workers are laid off from their jobs, more people are choosing to go back to college.

Susquehanna University students skipped spring break at the beach this year and volunteered for the Lowcountry Habitat For Humanity last week.  The students and their adviser drove from Pennsylvania To Beaufort to help. 

Buying textbooks at the start of each quarter can empty your wallet pretty fast. 

Last fall, Ogeechee Technical College adopted a four day work/school week in an effort to cut costs in the face of significant budget cuts.  School officials are pleasantly surprised by some of the positive results the new schedule has produced. 

As college admission deadlines wind down and families submit financial aid applications for next fall, freshmen in 2009 will be the first to start college clearly in the throes of the recession.

What this will mean for students and colleges is just beginning to be understood. But one thing is clear — now, more than ever, students and parents need to make every education dollar count.