The Project on Student Debt reports that salaries students earn at graduation are not keeping pace with the increases in what they owe for their education. The study found that students graduating with loans in 2007 owed an average of $20,098, compared with $18,976 for the Class of 2006. That was a 6 percent increase, while earnings for 18- to 24-year-olds with bachelor’s degrees rose only 3 percent over the same period.

Take of tour of University of Richmond, a nationally ranked liberal arts institution with 2,800 undergraduate students in the schools of arts and sciences, business, leadership studies, law and continuing studies.

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Students at Richmond colleges have to be creative to meet the financial and time-consuming challenges of transportation around their campuses.

Success in college greatly depends on wisely using the time outside of classes. Students who are organized also have time for social activities.

After the shooting at Virginia Teach, Richmond area colleges and universities have revamped their safety policies and procedures.

The universities and colleges in the Richmond area offer students a variety of choices, including some of the state’s best and largest institutions of higher education.

When college students’ spending habits collide with newly found freedom and a lack of funds, the financial stress can end a college career before it really started.

Newspapers, broadcasts and websites are just a few ways for new students to network at their colleges.

Each year, U.S. News & World Report publishes its rankings of colleges and universities from around the country. Here’s how Virginia fared:

Each school has unique attributes to offer prospective students. Virginia is home to more than 40 residential colleges and universities, including some of the most historic institutions in the country.

Area campuses generate news all the time, with new programs, construction, awards and initiatives. Here is a roundup of news items submitted by the schools profiled in this section:

Authorities can lock down a kindergarten classroom, a middle school or a prison. But officials say it’s not really possible to lock down a sprawling college campus.

Some parents buy houses or condos for their children and rent rooms to other students to help pay mortgages. “It’s becoming more and more prevalent, especially for students in medical or law schools,” Johnson said.

Classrooms as wide as a river and as high as a mountain are gaining popularity at numerous Virginia colleges.