After months of infighting, back-and-forth allegations of wrongdoing and a somber report from its accrediting agency, Essex County College has shaken up its Board of Trustees -- and sought help from the county to plug a budget shortfall. More...

Economists warn of a troubling, growing divide between two segments in the U.S.: those who will benefit from and be a part of the emerging global economy, and the many more who will not. More...

For years, lawmakers in Washington have made swelling university endowments a focus of the populist backlash against high tuition and the concentration of rich students in elite universities. More...

Venezuela’s economic and political crisis has sparked food and medical shortages, the world’s highest inflation rate and allegations of a power grab by the ruling socialists. But it is also threatening the country’s future by ravaging higher education, write Rachelle Krygier and Anthony Faiola for The Washington Post. More...

The French government, in a memo to other European Union member states, is urging faster, coordinated action to build networks of universities across Europe, writes Richard L Hudson for Science/Business. More...

The Chinese Communist Party has ordered foreign-funded universities to install party units and grant decision-making powers to a party official, reversing an earlier promise to guarantee academic freedom, as President Xi Jinping strengthens political control over all levels of education, writes Emily Feng for the Financial Times. More...