Trivago CEO Johannes Thomas shares how he rose from intern to chief executive without finishing college, driven by curiosity and learning.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with 27-year-old Eric Chen, the cofounder of Injective, from New York. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Before going ...

Peter Thiel’s fellowship is offering young entrepreneurs $200,000 to skip or leave college and build their own billion-dollar startups. The program launched in 2011 has since generated more than $100 ...

Three 21-year-olds from the Bay Area are behind a fast-growing start-up valued at $2B. The co-founders dropped out of Harvard and Georgetown to launch Mercor. The AI-driven job recruiting site was ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Despite the majority of Hispanic students viewing college as a pathway to a well-paying job and ...

Before Jimmy Fallon became host of The Tonight Show, he faced harsh rejection—and even lived with cardboard furniture before reaching his dream of comedy stardom. Multimillionaire TV host and actor ...

A new study found more than a third of currently enrolled college students have considered dropping out in the past six ...

The secret to financial success is frequently sold under a variety of auspices, from rock-solid investment planning to fiscal austerity and living below one’s means. Despite stepping down from his ...

Elijah Merritt struggled with a “big culture shock” as a freshman at West Texas A&M University in the Panhandle in 2021. Merritt, a Black student from the Red Bird area, didn’t feel like he fit in ...

This guest post, by my friend, colleague, and education expert Dan Riseman, helps us understand the reasons why some young men may have difficulty finishing college and what can be done to help them.

From Bill Gates to Richard Branson: Some make it big without degrees. July 13, 2008— -- Michael Dell enrolled as a biology major at University of Texas but spent more time fiddling with stacks of ...