By Rick Seltzer. Mainline Protestant theological schools are exploring mergers and campus sales as they feel a prolonged enrollment and financial pinch, but experts see smaller institutions bubbling up under different faiths. Read more...

By Rick Seltzer. Western Illinois U says low enrollments justify eliminating four liberal arts majors, but faculty leaders say maintaining fields of study is about more than metrics. Read more...

By Rick Seltzer. New study on compensation for leaders of state colleges and universities finds costs for bonuses and other expensive benefits are growing. Read more...

By Rick Seltzer. Using a search firm to recruit a new president or provost can cost public colleges and universities the better part of $100,000 -- or more. Read more...

By Rick Seltzer. Plymouth State plans to replace them with clusters. Restructuring and layoffs have professors scratching their heads. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. Faculty members at various institutions debate the pros and cons of shielding freshmen from themselves (or least their performance) in the form of "covered" or "shadow" grades on transcripts. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. AAUP sessions center on faculty members' role and responsibilities regarding classroom conversations about race. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. AAUP votes to censure two institutions for alleged violations of academic freedom and calls out two more -- including U of Iowa over presidential search -- for abandoning shared governance. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. New book urges colleges to exercise not-so-common sense when it comes to optimizing the undergraduate experience and otherwise striving toward institutional excellence. Read more...

By Jake New. Driven by greater student demand, colleges expand access to mental health services by embedding counselors in residence halls and creating 24-hour hotlines. Read more...