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In a bit of whimsy, Business Insider decided to make a list of the colleges that showed the best “team spirit” when it comes to the college’s sports teams. Business Insider partnered with Niche to analysis hundreds of colleges, using information about varsity sports, social life and school spirit, all based on Niche’s rankings of schools with the best overall student experience.

A new survey to be released later this year shows that political leaders and some pundits may have overstated the public’s dissatisfaction with attaining higher education degrees that aren’t in …

The school, Pathways in Technology (P-Tech), is changing how students get secondary education. The 6-year school gives graduates both a high school diploma and a two-year associate’s degree. Also, with the backing of IBM, students are guaranteed an internship while in school and a job when they graduate.

The United States Congress should establish an accreditation agency to assess the value of free college-level courses offered over the Internet, according to Mark Rubio, a U.S. senator and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate.

Rubio’s idea is part of an overhaul he is proposing for how students earn four-year degrees, a plan that also calls for alternatives to four-year colleges for some disciplines and income-based repayments for college loans.

The unemployment rate fell to 6.6% in January, the lowest rate since October 2008, the Department of Labor reported on Friday.

However, a separate report on the number of new jobs showed the job growth rate has slowed considerably. Most media outlets reported the news surrounding the two reports is not a good sign.

A year after transferring from her post as head of UCLA Extension to a position with the American Council of Education, Cathy Sandeen recently wrote an opinion piece outlining the major issues confronting colleges nationwide.

Her opinion article for the Huffington Post provides insight into what experts within the education system see as the biggest challenges for the country’s colleges and universities. Sandeen is the American Council of Education’s vice president for education attainment and innovation.

JPMorgan announced this week it will give $1 million to schools to improve higher education courses for United States military veterans.

In a press release, Maureen Casey, the director of military and veterans affairs for JP Morgan, said the money is meant to help veterans make the transition from serving their country in a military capacity to the working world.

A new film from documentary filmmaker Andrew Rossi investigates whether higher education is really worth the effort and cost of attaining a degree.

The film, “The Ivory Tower,” is directed by Andrew Rossi, who is best-known for his documentary, “Page One: Inside the New York Times,” about the disruption of the newspaper business by the Internet.

A group of leading economists, including seven Nobel laureates, have joined the effort to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

The Fair Minimum Wage Act – introduced by Rep. George Miller, D-California, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa – would increase the minimum wage in a series of steps over three years. The current minimum wage is $7.25.

The nation’s unemployment rate fell to 6.7% in December – but primarily because so many people dropped out of the workforce, according to numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

The 6.7% number is the lowest since October 2008. However, the BLS reported that 347,000 people stopped looking for work. The federal government only counts those who are looking for work but unable to find a job as the “unemployed.”