Graduation

Carolane Williams does not flinch when confronted with the particulars of her difficult year, which included an employee uprising and unwanted scrutiny from the leader of the state. "I knew I was going to have to tough it out," says the woman who has led...

Graduation rates across the state improved last year and with little exception, more local students are graduating from high school too. The Indiana Department of Education released graduation rates for the 2010-2011 school year today. The overall...

Higher-education leaders in Maryland praised an effort unveiled by President Barack Obama on Friday to make college more affordable but expressed unease about still-emerging details that could have an impact on federal funding and student aid. Calling...

The following Laurel students were named to the dean's list for the fall semester at York College of Pennsylvania: Alison Chavez, sophomore criminal justice major; Kristina Lerman, senior nursing major; Derek Shaw, senior marketing major; Rachael Wilson,...

American colleges have responded to harsh criticism that tuition rose four times as fast as the cost of living over the last 25 years — resulting in their graduates leaving school as debt slaves with an average of $25,250 in student loans — by...

A Woodlawn man watches online videos of Osama bin Laden, posts about jihad on his Facebook page, and — according to federal prosecutors — agrees to a plot to detonate a bomb at a military recruiting center in Catonsville. An Ellicott City...

Parents Robert and Brenda and sister Sarah Aguilar announce the graduation of their daughter and sister Elisa Nicole Aguilar from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina. Aguilar, 20, attended Bret Harte Elementary School,...

The three recent high school graduates, in a Chrysler Sebring sedan, were coming home from a birthday party. The 55-year-old warehouse manager, driving a black BMW convertible, was returning from dinner and cards at a friend's house. Their vehicles...

Attention college students: The interest rate on federal student loans is scheduled to double this summer unless Congress acts soon. Loans taken out for the current school year carried an interest rate of 3.4%, thanks to a 2007 law that phased in rate...

Hargrave Military Academy is the place to go for athletes who want to continue their careers on the Division-one level, and for two basketball players from Roanoke, that's exactly what they hope to do. The Hargrave post-graduate basketball team is the...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way: with integrity and sportsmanship. A...