By Scott Jaschik. University says it is blocking event not because of the ideas involved, but for reasons of safety, post-Charlottesville. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses new book on how the value of higher education is discussed -- and how issues of gender influence that discussion. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Not only do Republicans and Democrats have different levels of confidence in higher education, but they are coming at the issue by focusing on different issues, a new poll by Gallup shows. Republicans who distrust higher education focus on campus politics, while the smaller share of Democrats who distrust higher education tend to focus on rising college prices, the pollster found. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Thousands marched at the University of Virginia Wednesday night, retracing the route white supremacists took Friday but with a very different message. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Elite colleges need to change policies to recruit, admit and graduate talented low-income students, report says. It calls out some by name. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The Medieval Academy of America, joined by other groups of scholars of medieval times, issued a statement Friday criticizing the way white supremacist groups are using imagery and myths from the periods they study. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Duke removes statue of Robert E. Lee. University of Texas will remove statues of Lee and 3 other Confederate leaders. Bowdoin removes plaque honoring Confederate alumni and Jefferson Davis. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Southern California recently unveiled a statue (a small part of a $700 million project to create a set of new facilities) with a quote from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. On the statue, the quote was attributed to “Shakespear,” not Shakespeare. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Many new Ph.D.s in humanities disciplines report that they struggle to find academic jobs, and that many of the positions they find available are off the tenure track. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Making the top 50 has an impact on applications, study finds, even if there is no quantifiable difference in quality between those just over and under that threshold. And that impact may hurt some students. More...