Spring semester classes begin Tuesday at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, despite uncertainty about funding for public higher education. More...

The renowned investor William H. “Bill” Miller III will donate $75 million to Johns Hopkins University’s philosophy department, setting a record for gifts to the university’s humanities departments. More...

More than 500,000 students who are in the top half of their high school class never get a college degree or complete a certificate program, according to an analysis released Wednesday by Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce. Those 500,000 students also represent about one-third of students who scored 1000 or higher on the SAT, another way of defining top-performing students, it found. More...

This two-story, 19,500-square-foot structure, with an anticipated spring 2019 completion, will serve as a business incubator for technology and engineering startups. Spaces will include a 1,900-square-foot teaching lab, a 3D-printing hub, a 850-square-foot machine shop and a 1,200-square-foot computer lab, among other facilities. More...

What’s more important in higher education: preparing for a profession or attaining a well-rounded liberal arts education? The answer is that in today’s world both are critical. More...

Several years ago I participated in a UB article called “Spotlight on Procurement.” The focus was on the emerging recognition of procurement as a key strategic contributor to the financial health of a university— rather than simply serving the tactical, back office transaction shop and “compliance cop” roles in which it was historically cast. More...

What are some ways that you’ve seen student services within residence halls grow to meet student needs and expectations. More...

Nearly one-third of undergraduates who have declared a major changed that major at least once within three years of initial enrollment, according to a recent National Center for Education Statistics study of 25,000 students. More...

Students used to trek across campus to reach resources such as counseling, health services and study areas—or to simply pick up packages in the mail room. They had to leave campus altogether to find specialty services such as dry cleaning and dog grooming. And then, of course, there were the endless trips to the basement to check the status of their laundry. More...

For non-native speakers, learning English represents just a part of acclimating to American culture. Community colleges are creating developmental tracks, services and on-campus groups to better serve English as second language students and community members. More...