A group convened by the university’s president cited three main factors fueling the loss of public support: cost, admissions, and speech. It proposed reforms in each category.

Boston University has drawn a line between personal and institutional speech. Some professors see censorship.

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Faced with potentially losing billions, colleges rallied behind a compromise plan. It now has a thumbs-up from Congress.

What was once an urgent imperative has become a legal and political liability. One university’s experience shows how.

More states are requiring public colleges to make class syllabi available to the masses. Proponents say these measures boost higher ed’s credibility, while faculty fear being targeted.

The government says Sumith Gunasekera of Ferris State University was ineligible for legal status in the United States due to 1998 criminal charges in Canada, including a sex offense.

A University of Oklahoma student says a graduate student’s harsh grading of her assignment amounts to religious discrimination.

In an expansive letter, the former University of Virginia president told the story of his resignation, blasting board members and saying the government had pledged to “bleed UVA white.”

The openness to talking to the White House points to the continued division in the sector about how best to interact with the Trump administration.

Jonathan Holloway and Ana Mari Cauce on the physical and psychological toll of leading a university in 2025.

An administration source told The Chronicle that “any institution that wants to adopt these principles” could sign onto the document, which offers a purported edge in grant funding.

We’ve seen what the Trump administration’s stick looks like. Let’s look at its carrot.

Republican politicians have been pressuring institutions to take action against those who criticized the conservative activist after he was shot and killed last week.

Todd Wolfson has taken heat for some of the organization’s political stances during his tenure. Here’s what he makes of the criticism.

Students at Brown want courses in Tagalog, one of the most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. Also, a push to exempt students from the travel ban.

Some campuses have disciplined professors for cheering his death, raising complex legal and institutional questions.

Some campuses have disciplined professors for cheering his death, raising complex legal and institutional questions.

The conservative activist says President Trump should consider using the military to dismantle college DEI programs.

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Texas A&M’s president said he dismissed a senior lecturer because the content of a course didn’t match its summary. Some are skeptical.

The flap was sparked Monday by a Republican state lawmaker, who posted videos that he said show an exchange between an instructor and a student over discussion of gender identity.

A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.

Plus: An update on Northwestern.

The Manhattan Institute and the Heterodox Academy disagree on whether higher ed can reform itself.

The former University of Michigan leader’s failed move to Florida has taken on unmistakable political significance for higher education.

Professors’ responses to an internal survey were candid and occasionally brutal.

The Cal State campus is slashing academic programs, laying off faculty, and, in an unusual move, scuttling its entire Division II athletics program.

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A handful of scientists whose funding was canceled by the Trump administration are now seeing those decisions reversed — and it’s not always clear why.

Projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and misinformation and disinformation were cut “to protect the interests of the government,” the agency said.

The overhaul of New College of Florida stoked fear on the left and excitement on the right. Two years in, what’s really changed?