Colleges & Universities

College is a whole new world that comes with new responsibilities.  News4’s Jummy Olabanji to author and D.C. native Jennifer Barbour Butler about her new book “How To Succeed In College and Beyond: A Truly Practical Guide” and shares tips on navigating the new school environment. 

Misdemeanor charges for providing alcohol to minors following the death of Won Jang have been filed against 21-year-old Matthew Catrambone and 21-year-old Samuel Terry.

One person is dead and “several” were injured after a homecoming weekend shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday morning. In a statement, the university said “a non-university individual” was killed and several others, including students, were injured in the shooting.

Although more students are eligible for federal aid this year, rising college costs and ballooning student debt balances are still major concerns.

Several Illinois and midwestern colleges and universities landed in U.S. News & World Report’s newest ranking of “Best Colleges” for 2025, with many moving up spots on the prestigious list.

The unidentified student is accused of carving the epithet using a box cutter at an on-campus swim team gathering.

Howard University earned a high honor when Forbes named it the best HBCU in the country.

People who received identical bachelor degrees in the same major earned vastly different salaries depending on which school they attended, Payscale reports.

Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year.

At St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, officials announced a plan to cut 42 degree programs and 50 minors, music among them. The move has created turmoil for students who chose the campus to study music.

Four historically Black medical schools, including Howard University, will receive a $600 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies, according to a press release on Tuesday. The four medical schools are Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine. The company will also provide seed funding to support the…

Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences.

Dartmouth College has suspended a fraternity and a sorority as the investigation continues into the death of a student whose body was found Sunday in the Connecticut River after a party nearby the night before, the school said. Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had been reported missing late Sunday afternoon after the gathering Saturday night, a Dartmouth official said….

Starting in the fall, the gift will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000.

The Girl Scouts organization fosters leadership skills, confidence, and overall well-being for girls.

Virginia’s House of Delegates has voted unanimously to restore free college tuition for families of veterans who were killed or seriously disabled while on active duty. The 92-0 vote Friday would repeal restrictions to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program that had been placed in the state’s annual budget earlier this year. Military families complained about the restrictions...

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation supports children from Marine families with scholarships and other resources. University of Virginia student Adryanna Anez is a recent recipient of a $5,000 scholarship from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. News4’s Molette Green reports.

The Williams-Franklin Foundation will host their fourth annual golf tournament fundraiser in order to raise scholarship money for HBCU students. Co-founder Lashelle Franklin shares how her education at Howard University inspired her. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Virginia’s recently approved state budget changed a state program that pays in-state college tuition costs for spouses and children of servicemembers killed or severely disabled as a result of their duty. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains the military families say the changes are preventing some of them from receiving a promised benefit.

The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players.