Recent attacks on colleges’ endowments betray a fundamental misunderstanding about their purpose and function.

In other finance news: Fort Hays closes its museum, South Carolina State U. cuts nine programs, and Bowie State lays off about 20 faculty.

Critics are alarmed at the “bigger problem” they see.

A new report examines the impact of the government’s demand for data on college applicants.

Citing “distorted narratives” about the university’s students in the news media, the president said more “input, analysis, and discussion” is needed before the pilot project begins.

Critics are alarmed at the “bigger problem” they see.

Citing “distorted narratives” about the university’s students in the news media, the president said more “input, analysis, and discussion” is needed before the pilot project begins.

We need to get better at studying our own biases.

Plus: Michael Gorra; AI peer review; and humanities and non-majors.

On Monday, local authorities in Tompkins County, N.Y., said they would reopen a criminal investigation into the allegations after initially declining to bring charges two years ago.

The federal policy is seen as a game-changer, but mismatches with the ways colleges actually work have curbed its rollout.

How political polarization became the organizing logic of academic life.

The Trump administration has rescinded $69.6 million of the $70.3 million appropriated by Congress for teaching and research focused on foreign languages and cultural studies covering global regions.

Joseph Henrich, an author of a divisive report about politicization in the humanities, says, “I knew it wasn’t going to make everyone happy.”

After eight hours of debate, a federal advisory committee deadlocked on whether the American Bar Association should lose recognition, as an Education Department report recommended.

Colleges are racing to make students ‘fluent.’ One problem: No one knows what that means.

Noe Ortega reflects on his four years at the helm, a tumultuous period for the state’s colleges.

The state’s public higher-education systems don’t agree on their roles. Can new state laws ease the path forward?

Conversation is not capitulation.

The college is conducting a “rigorous, objective review” of Santiago Schnell after he admitted to using artificial intelligence to write academic articles and newspaper opinion pieces.

Joseph Henrich, an author of a divisive report about politicization in the humanities, says, “I knew it wasn’t going to make everyone happy.”

Here’s everything you need to know about finding a tenure-track position.

Roy Haggerty said Louisiana’s governor had “ordered” the university’s president to arrange for a caged tiger to appear at a football game.

The Trump administration has sued all 24 states that granted in-state tuition to undocumented students. But two decades ago, the policies had bipartisan support.

As critics seek to radically reform the country’s best-known institutions, college leaders try to beat them to the punch.

In other finance news: U. of Minnesota announces a $225-million budget cut, UPenn sees a nearly $7-billion endowment gain, and more.

The university sets out to ask what its degree is really worth — and hints at “potentially unpopular” reforms.

With hiring on hold in many sectors, what should graduate students, postdocs, and their universities be doing?

Colleges need to start teaching soft skills, or students will keep falling short in the workplace, argues a Cornell report on “the future of the American university.”

In other finance news: A bill would require notice of campus closures in Pennsylvania, Commonwealth U. could cut 175 jobs, and more.

The incident adds fuel to a debate at the college over its embrace of AI.

Featuring new numbers from the University of Toledo, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the University of North Carolina system, the University of Alabama, and other campuses.

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A new Census Bureau report offers concrete evidence of how certain majors are faring in the job market — which may shift what students choose to study.

The Education Department recommended the American Bar Association become ineligible to serve as a financial-aid gatekeeper. A federal advisory committee will review the findings Wednesday.

Remembering Erich Segal’s academic love story.

The administration has sought to increase federal support for Black colleges while taking away money meant for other kinds of minority-serving institutions.

His website, the Student Loan Report, is widely cited by news media for its surveys on loan debt, and Cloud is quoted at length. But both he and his organization are facades.

As big universities surge ahead in the enrollment wars, smaller institutions hope that cutting tuition will signal to prospective applicants that they’re just as affordable.

Last year’s murder of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University shows safety risks are real.

A movement to reinvent higher ed for working adults thinks it’s found its moment.

A forthcoming executive order is an attempted workaround for President Trump, who is anxious to cut research funding to Harvard amid his continuing legal battle with the institution.

An American scholar. A Mexican village. The U.S. military. What could go wrong?

A growing number of colleges have at least 10 percent of students reporting a disability.

Michael Gorra on “public writing,“ short fiction, and academic activism.

Penn State to sell two branch campuses, LSU-New Orleans sees revenue increase amid enrollment drop, and Kansas State predicts cuts.

An exclusive club of colleges commands the public narrative. Does that come at a cost?

Association leaders say the second Trump administration has been slow to update them on threats posed by overseas collaborations, but it’s unclear whether that’s been deliberate — or just one effect o...

Professors planned a “serious scholarly discussion” of 9/11’s legal aftermath. Then right-wing media attention and a rebuke from their chancellor complicated things.