By Rick Seltzer. Report argues private colleges have been improving their financial status but shows at least some small and poor institutions are struggling. More...

By Rick Seltzer. New chancellor assumes duties amid debate over and scrutiny of university’s response to controversial speakers. More...

By Rick Seltzer. New survey shows a partisan divide over higher ed aspirations for children -- that narrows when Republicans and Democrats are given more information. And study finds skepticism of affirmative action. More...

By Rick Seltzer. The percentage of student loan borrowers leaving college owing $20,000 or more doubled over about a decade, according to a report released Wednesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. More...

By Rick Seltzer. University touts new deal to train for IT outsourcing firm’s U.S. hiring push, but faculty balk at lack of control over curriculum. More...

By Rick Seltzer. In those 49 days, he’d gone from being vaguely aware of the statue’s existence to learning that it was vandalized as Confederate monuments across the country came under a wave of new scrutiny in the days following a violent white supremacist rally around a statue of Lee in Charlottesville, Va. He’d reached out to students, faculty members, alumni, Duke senior leaders and trustees. And he’d decided that Duke’s Lee statue needed to be removed. More...

By Rick Seltzer. A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities compares state spending on two- and four-year public colleges and universities over a decade, finding funding at the end of the 2017 academic year was nearly $9 billion below its 2008 level, after adjusting for inflation. More...

By Rick Seltzer. The departing provost and executive vice president at Texas A&M University has been removed following an internal audit that found conflict of interest issues related to her spouse's business relationship with the university, according to The Eagle. More...

By Rick Seltzer. Bethune-Cookman, a historically black university with a proud history, copes with impact of borrowing against its endowment, fighting in court with its alumni, affiliating with a for-profit law school and inviting Betsy DeVos to speak at commencement. More...

By Rick Seltzer. For every $1,000 cut from per-student state and local appropriations, the average student can be expected to pay $257 more per year in tuition and fees -- and the rate is rising. More...