By Josh Logue. Lists of demands from student activists have gotten longer and more ambitious, but students at Western Washington U may have others beat. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Universities and nonprofits are building a "preservation ecosystem" to ensure today's research can benefit scholars of the future. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. General education programs at their best impart to undergraduates basic knowledge in -- or at least exposure to -- a variety of disciplines, and provide some sense of how to study and live in a thoughtful way. Read more...

By Michael Stratford. One of the architects of President Obama’s most significant higher education policies is resigning from the administration this week. Read more...

By Ashley A. Smith. The sizable outcry against for-profit colleges and universities has only grown in the past few years, as federal and state investigations into these institutions have picked up steam and new regulations emerge. Read more...

By Elizabeth Redden. A new rule scheduled to be published today in the Federal Register will extend the postgraduation work authorization period for international students studying STEM fields in the U.S. Read more...

By Jake New. Students are demanding that colleges provide tampons and other menstruation products at no cost, and some institutions are starting to listen. Read more...

By Ellen Wexler. Governor Cuomo wants to stop funding one-third of CUNY four-year colleges' budget. Where will the money come from. Read more...

By Ellen Wexler. The Delta Cost Project, created in 2007, is a database meant to make higher education finance easier to understand. Since its inception, the project has helped clarify how colleges spend their money. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Despite the debacle at Mount St. Mary's, some presidential search committees are likely to continue to seek out candidates without traditional academic careers, experts say. Read more...