Hurley's World

Wednesday was the final day of test-prep boot camp for a group of 11-year-olds preparing to take the Hunter College High School admissions exam.

New Jersey, the first state in the nation to require flu shots for young schoolchildren, set a Dec. 31 deadline for parents to obtain flu vaccinations for their children.

Dr. Huntington was an influential political scientist who taught at Harvard for more than a half-century and produced new analyses of domestic and international conflicts.

If a family puts too much money in stocks, it could easily lose a year’s worth of tuition in a matter of months.

As concern about student debt rises, promotional relationships between schools and banks have sounded alarm bells.

On Tuesday and Wednesday there was a slowdown at the Common Application Web site, which handles online applications for some 350 colleges and universities.

East End residents argue that folding smaller school districts into larger ones may not be the best thing for students or municipal budgets.

Some highly selective schools have said they will not go along with Score Choice, a new policy allowing students to select which of their multiple scores colleges can see.

When the founder of the Jimmy John’s sandwich shop empire was honored by his prep school, he insisted he share the distinction with a former dean of discipline.

Nine major buildings are in various stages of construction at the university’s Ann Arbor campus, one of the largest university building programs in the U.S.

Student-led conferences are gaining ground at elementary and middle schools nationwide, in part because of the rapidly shifting demographics at public schools.

As the city has created hundreds of new schools, there is a wave of panic among many parents of fifth graders.

Supporters of Donald J. Guter argue that he had done a good job and that his only failing was not getting along with the university’s president.

Gregg Breinberg helped make his chorus at Public School 22 in Graniteville popular on YouTube, and their predecessors once serenaded the singer and songwriter Tori Amos with two of her songs.

A law school opening next fall in Southern California is offering a big incentive to top students: free tuition for three years.

Business schools are increasing efforts to educate students in the skills and knowledge most relevant to running hedge funds.

Amid state and city budget cuts, the bright lights have dimmed at Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts — the school of “Fame” fame.

As an increasing number of schools in New York share buildings, education officials say the benefits of small schools are worth the skirmishes over space.

The former president of a company that refurbished sports equipment for hundreds of school districts pleaded guilty to charges that included failing to properly test thousands of youth football helmets.

Decreased enrollment, especially at small colleges with tuition-driven budgets, could mean significant cutbacks to programs and faculty.