By Scott Jaschik. Wake Forest stands behind admissions dean and notes her work to promote diversity. Not everyone agrees with the university's decision. Associate dean of admissions found in separate photos with Confederate flag. More...

By Scott Jaschik. On Friday, hundreds of students at the University of Mississippi protested Confederate statues and markers that remain on campus, saying that they should be removed. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Some faculty members in West Virginia walked out of class last week to protest fast-moving legislation that would permit those in the state with concealed-carry permits to bring guns on campuses. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The current political environment is motivating law school applicants, surveys find.
Law school applications have turned around in the last two years, after years of decline. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Counselor asks if survey that yields data that are sold to colleges should be labeled in a different way. More...

By Scott Jaschik. McDaniel College, a private institution in Maryland, announced that it is eliminating five majors and three minors -- all in the arts and humanities. The majors being eliminated are art history, religious studies, French, German and music. The minors are in German, music and Latin. More...

By Scott Jaschik. A Vanderbilt faculty member, considered a hero to many women in science, finds her once promising tenure bid has stalled. More...

By Scott Jaschik. During the McCarthy era, the Federal Bureau of Investigation spent a lot of time and money investigating prominent scientists, viewing them as potentially sympathetic to or spies for the Soviet Union -- despite a lack of evidence in most cases other than views that might not have been completely consistent with those of FBI leaders. Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman and Alfred Kinsey are just some of those monitored. More...

By Scott Jaschik. A leader in digital humanities outlines ideas in her new book about how higher education can engage with the public in a sometimes hostile world. More...

By Scott Jaschik. New York University, which has a medical school in Manhattan, is planning to open a second one, on Long Island. The new medical school will offer degrees in three years and, like the existing medical school, will not charge tuition. More...