Even as top Pennsylvania officials assail the Catholic Church over its cover-up of clergy sexual abuse, a state agency is refusing to release a report on allegations of sexual abuse by a high-ranking state university administrator despite lingering questions about how the accusers’ complaints were handled. More...

As enrollments in the region’s colleges dwindle, accreditors are checking in. And Marlboro College – where headcounts are again down this fall – will be getting a visit from the New England Commission on Higher Education this November. More...

Our three-part series examines how students define success and what they identify as the most important resources and roadblocks in pursuing it. More...

Officials with Southeast Missouri State University signed agreements with representatives from universities in Guatemala, the Netherlands and Brazil today paving the way for seamless and cost-effective opportunities for students to study abroad. More...

A former Kent State University professor known for his anti-Israel views was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison, followed by five months' home detention, for lying to the FBI. More...

If you’ve spoken with a college student, or the parent of a college student, you’ve probably heard them discuss how much the cost of higher education is impacting their family’s budget. More...

Coding boot camps pitch themselves as a sure path to a lucrative job. Colleges say a liberal arts grounding is crucial to career success. More...

"Post-traditional" has become the norm, not the anomaly. This paper offers insights and strategies on how institutions can better reach and support those students who haven’t followed the traditional path to college, but are still determined to achieve their educational goals. More...

Since sexual-assault allegations against the sports doctor Larry Nassar became public, top administrators at Michigan State University have claimed they didn’t know—and could not have been reasonably expected to know—about the systematic abuse that took place on their campus for more than two decades. More...

The students' conversation has stayed with me, in part because it fits into a larger, disconcerting narrative about the role of the humanities in higher education. In a time of dizzying technological achievement and of rapid scientific innovation, skeptics of the humanities may question the usefulness of studying Aristotle, the history of the Italian Renaissance or modern Chinese fiction. More...