Add UMSL to the list of universities high off of a record enrollment this fall. Numbers the school released today show that its total enrollment of 16,548 students this year — a 5 percent increase over last year — breaks…

Two of the biggest college fairs of the year are coming up in the next several days.

As I recently reported, the St. Louis region lags many other major metropolitan areas in terms of the percentage of residents with a college…

The fire early Monday morning that destroyed an eight-unit apartment building on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus caused about $1 million in damage, according to preliminary estimates released today.

Edwardsville Fire Chief Brian Wilson Jr. also determined today that the fire was…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville officials rejoiced last week when Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law $78.9 million for the school to build a new science building and to renovate the old one. The university has been waiting for many…

I have been checking around to see if any area universities have postponed or canceled study abroad trips to Mexico this summer because of concerns about the swine flu. So far, the word I’ve gotten back is that all systems…

Here’s a bit of good news for students and parents tearing their hair out trying to figure out how they will pay for college. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville announced earlier this week that it is rolling out two new scholarship…

Southern Illinois University Carbondale plans to soon offer in-state tuition rates to students who live in Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana as part of an aggressive push to reverse its enrollment declines of recent years.

The plan could save out-of-state undergraduate students…