By Doug Lederman. Private four-year colleges may be getting real about their institutions’ financial future, to judge by the views of the men and women closest to their balance sheets. More...

By Doug Lederman. In the case of the Citadel, the answer was 14 minutes, which was the length of an entire event -- some of which was captured in photographs that went worldwide in a matter of moments -- in which a group of student cadets sang Christmas carols while wearing pointy white pillowcases with eyeholes on their heads, evoking the Ku Klux Klan. More...

By Doug Lederman. A study published by the American Enterprise Institute Wednesday suggests that the proportion of low-income students at selective colleges is edging up, not decreasing, as some other recent studies have suggested. More...

By Doug Lederman. The University of Tennessee's Haslam College of Business will offer its first online master's degree, in supply chain management, through an arrangement with Noodle Partners. More...

By Doug Lederman. Universities that play big-time sports and professional sports franchises are asking Pennsylvania officials to give them a share of any revenues from sports gambling, which is poised to become legal in the state, The Morning Call reported. Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pittsburgh were among the entities that responded to a request for public comment from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in the wake of the Supreme Court's May ruling striking down a federal law barring sports betting in most states. More...

By Doug Lederman. Vote for your favorite among the three submissions for last month's cartoon recommended by our panel of judges. More...

By Doug Lederman. Legislators in Massachusetts issued a scathing report Thursday questioning the series of decisions that led Mount Ida College to close and be taken over by the University of Massachusetts -- with threats of subpoenas and more scrutiny if the college's former officials don't offer good answers. More...

By Doug Lederman. The nonprofit organization that took over scores of colleges from the Education Management Corp. chain of for-profit colleges has decided to end enrollments at 30 of those campuses, according to an email circulated Monday to employees of the Dream Center Education Holdings. More...

By Doug Lederman. Florida State University and the University of Florida regularly compete for the hearts and minds of the state's football fans, as well as, of course, on the gridiron itself. More...

By Doug Lederman. About 25 percent of private nonprofit colleges and universities spent more than they earned in the 2017 fiscal year, though net tuition revenue grew for the first time in three years, Moody's Investors Service said in its annual look at median financial performance. More...