The closure of Amazon’s virtual bookseller at UMass Amherst underscores once again the need for campus stores to diversify services. It also highlights ongoing efforts by administrators to reduce the cost of course materials through online textbooks, open educational resources and other initiatives. More...

What are key considerations for administrators when deciding whether to provide more single dorm rooms on campus. More...

A college or university’s campus represents, physically, its environment for learning—its training ground for future thought leaders. Yet today, many U.S. institutions of higher education lack the appropriate resources and funding needed to develop new infrastructure or to upgrade existing buildings. More...

After Hurricane Sandy, Adelphi University installed a cogeneration plant—and here’s why your campus might, too. More...

How finding small areas to save money can add up. More...

Text messages sent by a university student who killed herself following an abusive relationship will be shared on campuses across Scotland as part of a campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence among young people. More...

Angry columnists want to keep students quiet, but it’s time to open up the conversation about slavery’s legacy in Britain. More...

Being a successful woman seems to attract a disproportionate degree of negative criticism (Vice-chancellor survives no confidence vote, 23 November). Since becoming vice-chancellor of the University of Bath in 2001, Glynis Breakwell has led the university from strength to strength as measured by external assessment. More...

Staff and students have called on Glynis Breakwell to resign and a recent report by Hefce has ‘fatally damaged’ her, senior academic says. More...

Oxonian subjects, including disabled, black and minority ethnic graduates, nominated by students and staff to defy stereotypes. More...