By Greg Toppo. Nearly six years after Middlebury rejected a push to divest, the college announces that it will slowly draw down fossil fuel holdings in its $1 billion endowment. What changed. More...

By Greg Toppo. Lindenwood president let go after conflict with board, which says he engaged in "conduct believed to warrant" his firing. More...

By Greg Toppo. New hires of full-time faculty at public master’s and doctoral institutions rose more than a decade ago, then declined after the recession -- while hires at baccalaureate institutions remained slow and steady. More...

By Greg Toppo. New efforts on campus focus on ways to capture what students learn outside class -- and how to communicate it to employers. More...

By Greg Toppo. Alaska's governor proposes a 41 percent cut, the largest in a century, to the public university system. State's only medical education would be eliminated. More...

By Greg Toppo. Rider University must offer more dining options for students with celiac disease as part of a settlement agreement with federal investigators after the U.S. attorney's office in Newark alleged that the New Jersey institution violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by failing to make reasonable modifications for students with food allergies. More...

By Greg Toppo. In 'Goldilocks' moment, two very different California institutions announce a merger that will bring a Southern California university's offerings to a 150-year-old Presbyterian seminary in Marin County. More...

By Greg Toppo. Facing flat enrollment and strained annual budgets, DePauw University will tap endowment to finance layoffs for dozens of staff members and hefty voluntary retirement packages for a graying faculty. More...

By Greg Toppo. Hoping to double enrollment within a decade, university in Washington suburbs looks to a high-rise for new student and faculty housing. More...

By Greg Toppo. Johns Hopkins University will spend $372.5 million to buy a high-profile Washington building that houses the Newseum, with plans to move several D.C.-based graduate programs into the space. More...