Gender-based violence hasn’t had the same visibility as other student movements, experts say.

This year marks the 42nd edition of the report, which evaluates about 1,700 institutions, and it arrives during a tumultuous time for many of them.

The feud between Macklemore and Robert Kraft has the makings of a sermon, sparking reflection amid the Jewish holidays

UMass Amherst is leading the charge to bring together everyone from farmers to food scientists to solve problems facing our global food system.

A Globe reporter remembers the pioneering feminist and journalist.

The Quabbin Reservoir supplies drinking water to 2.5 million people who mostly live in Greater Boston, but not a drop to those who live beside it.

College students are expected to spend a record $103.5 billion on back-to-school shopping this year.

For decades, the campus of the former Marlboro College has hosted a seasonal retreat that is growing into a permanent, year-round home

Massachusetts has proposed legislation for a statewide cellphone ban. But lawmakers are still hashing out differences.

Economics professor Roberto Serrano believes AI can be useful, but “the line should be drawn if a user of AI essentially is choosing to become an idiot and stop thinking,” he said.

Z University will open on the former campus of Green Mountain College, according to Florida preacher Tommie Zito.

Advocating for a catamount comeback in Vermont, tracking bobcats in Rhode Island, and more big-cat feedback from readers.

The pilot programs will be called “applied bachelor’s degrees,” to distinguish them from traditional bachelor’s degrees.

The pilot programs will be called “applied bachelor’s degrees,” to distinguish them from traditional bachelor’s degrees.

Trump vs. Harvard has faded to the background. This summer, it’s Harvard vs. Harvard — still a point for Trump’s score card, said Phillip Levine, an economics professor at Wellesley College.

Students and faculty are often caught by surprise when a school shutters.

Graduates were euphoric as the last major commencement of Hampshire College.

Even for a school that prides itself on being transformational, there was no escaping the transactional.

Petitions have started to circulate among Smith stakeholders, including demands that the college use its $2.7 billion endowment to stand up to the Trump administration.

After Smith awarded an honorary degree to Admiral Rachel L. Levine, a transgender woman and former Biden official, a conservative watchdog group filed a federal complaint.

The personal has always been political in Northampton, but rarely has local politics seemed so intensely personal.

It has been a rocky few weeks at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The fire that displaced around 230 UMass Amherst students was the biggest and most destructive blaze in the town's recent history.

A building that once housed around 230 students near the University of Massachusetts Amherst is now a pile of rubble and ash; the university is trying to help those affected.

In the wake of LaMar Cook's arrest, a vaunted "teaching hotel" in the heart of campus is drawing attention as one setting in an elaborate cocaine sting.

Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management, has been a vocal critic of COVID-19 vaccines.

Kalaniyot, a faculty-led program, aims to strengthen US ties with Israeli researchers from diverse backgrounds.

Two years ago, Massachusetts extended eligibility for in-state tuition, and financial aid, to undocumented immigrants. Now those policies are drawing legal fire in other states.

The university is investigating graffiti found on the doors of the Stata Center, the university's computer science and AI lab.

In a striking twist, the complaint also accuses Smith of ‘sex discrimination’ for not admitting self-identified transgender men.

Two of UMass Amherst’s top administrators said they’ve asked all academic and administrative departments on campus to create “budget scenarios” reflecting 3 percent and 5 percent reductions.

The 26-year-old PhD candidate had been studying in Boston and was halfway through his program this spring when the United States government suddenly terminated his legal status.

In the months since it became a top target in the administration’s efforts to overhaul higher education, Harvard has activated an all-out media blitz to burnish its image.

Trump’s mounting restrictions have upended the lives of students — and their families back home.

Foreign-born students make up almost 18 percent of postsecondary enrollment in Massachusetts, more than anywhere in the country.

As Trump targets foreign students, the fear is palpable from Harvard Yard to UMass Amherst.

Our higher ed team is also interested in talking to school faculty and staff who work with international students.

A year after pro-Palestinian protests disrupted the UMass graduation, there were no visible demonstrations or walkouts, but plenty of smiles and strappy heels under a glaring sun Friday.

The class of 2025 knows disappointment. It knows defiance. And now, four months into President Trump’s second term, it knows trepidation and dread.

Headbanging my way through “reverse puberty.”

The task for commencement speakers is a bit trickier than usual: They have to navigate a highly charged political landscape, all while inspiring the next generation.

What would Harvard University be without its research arm? That's the existential, $9 billion question facing the university and its researchers after the Trump administration's latest threat.

Journalism is the favorite to win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. But how did the horse get its name?

The Trump administration has demanded sweeping oversight over Harvard’s academic operation, a move actively opposed by President Alan Garber.

Each report combines historical context with emotional testimonies recorded during hours of listening sessions with students, faculty, and staff.

The reports found that both Jewish students and Arab and Muslim students said their peers viewed them with suspicion, leading them to play down their identities.

Federal immigration authorities are using a little-known database to find students and terminate their status, experts say.