Top Mayor Mike Duggan aide Lisa Howze is leaving her post as chief governmental affairs officer for a new role in higher education, the mayor's office announced Wednesday. More...

This year’s tax overhaul slapped a 1.4 percent levy on the annual investment income of the wealthiest private university endowments. Republicans targeted the measure so narrowly that it ended up as a tax almost entirely on elite blue-state institutions. More...

BoomWriter Media Inc. (BWM), a collaboration tool for crowdsourcing writing content in schools and colleges, today announced that it has closed a new round of funding worth $4.1 million. More...

College rankings dominate the conversation regarding quality in postsecondary education, but new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that rankings have little to no relationship to student engagement, an important indicator of collegiate quality. More...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon at MU has been placed under a cease-and-desist order according to a statement last month from the national headquarters for the fraternity. More...

Despite the big push for STEM majors and career-focused skills in recent years, the liberal arts seem to be making a resurgence. More...

The University of California, Irvine today announced the opening of the Division of Career Pathways (DCP), becoming the first U.S. university to use the designation “division” to name its career services for students and alumni. More...

I finished another fall semester at The George Washington University where I teach in the legislative affairs department at the Graduate School of Political Management. At the end of each semester, I trust that my students walk away knowing how to think deeply and critically and how to engage with people with whom they have deep disagreements politically, religiously and otherwise. More...

Southern Illinois University’s enrollment is in “free fall,” and the chancellor knows whom to blame. No, not the usual suspects — a stingy legislature, rising costs, tapped-out donors. More...

Higher ed leaders love an opportunity to tout the beauty of their campuses, and continuous construction gives them a lot to talk about. More...