By Scott Jaschik. Poll finds that most say they spend less than $1,000. But even as some think that figure is too low, findings also show 20 percent of millionaires under 55 spent more than $50,000. More...

By Scott Jaschik. An essay this weekend in the Chicago Tribune describes an academic's evolving views of Reserve Officer Training Corps. The scholar is Jeff Rice, a senior political science lecturer at Northwestern University. More...

By Scott Jaschik. For years, various studies have found that athletes make up large shares of the classes at top liberal arts colleges. The admissions scandal has renewed attention to the trend. The Washington Post conducted a survey and used National Collegiate Athletic Association data to explore the issue. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Last week an Ohio jury ordered Oberlin College to pay a local bakery's owners $11 million, finding that the college and its officials had libeled the business and its owners when students held protests of the bakery. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The list that follows includes private, nonprofit colleges that have closed from 2016 to the present. The list does not include colleges that have merged with or into other institutions. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Large gaps separate the haves and have-nots in American higher education, whether talking about students, instructors or institutions. A new book, Unequal Higher Education: Wealth, Status and Student Opportunity (Rutgers University Press), focuses on these gaps and their impact on students. More...