One month ago, the woman now known to America as Cornell’s Jane Doe was living in New York City and trying to break into the hotel industry, her lawyer says. Now she’s facing threats and hiding out at...

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Days before his inauguration, Eduardo Peñalver sat for an interview to discuss his priorities for his presidency.

Nationwide humanities majors have decreased since 1991, according to a new report.

Michael Roth is trying to defend higher education. Why isn’t anyone joining him?

The Department of Homeland Security argues in the proposal that any negative impacts on employers or institutions are outweighed by its goal of reducing fraud.

Only 7% of sexual assault victims reported contacting local police.

Micromanaging, rubber stamp, and Balkanized nonprofit boards of directors are more common than not, and turning them into high-functioning governing bodies requires being on the alert for six warning ...

During Banned Books Week, UChicago scholar Dulcey Hunter discusses organized rise of literary censorship and importance of open dialogue in the classroom

The 2027 Top 10 reveals the most important issues higher education leaders are focusing on as they transform their institutions

The University of Utah could cut up to 855 positions by next summer. Other institutions are also axing hundreds of jobs, citing enrollment and financial challenges and rising costs.

Fannie Lou Hamer was an African American civil rights activist who led voting drives and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

5 October

A lawsuit alleging rape at Cornell has led to an outpouring of women sharing stories about sexual violence on college campuses.

The Community College of Rhode Island and the University of Rhode Island announced a new, fully remote registered nurse to Bachelor of Science program.

New research shows that stopping out lengthens the path to a credential—and that the burden falls unevenly across racial and income groups.

Every outcome in the U.S. News rankings seemed to be good news this year according to a wave of press releases that touted how well colleges performed—even in cases where they slipped.

It’s easy to merely believe sexual assault is wrong, balking at the horror of the news from Cornell. But actual change requires refusing to treat misogyny, coercion, or predatory conduct as simply par...

Although Gandhi is best known for expelling the British from India and inspiring the likes of King and Mandela, he also wrote a lot about the behavior of good business leaders.

The Baltimore HBCU has expanded degree-completion pathways, flexible programs and financial support for students returning to college after time away.

The college used climate bonds to finance a geothermal heating and cooling system on its campus.

It's a difficult job market for new graduates, especially in fields like software development where artificial intelligence is shouldering more of the work.

Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.

Princeton’s Annual Giving campaign raised $79.6 million in 2025–26, its second-highest total ever, even as alumni participation continued to decline amid broader University budget uncertainty.

Seven practical steps to landing your first nonprofit board seat, from finding the right organization to interviewing well and getting selected.

Any significant change always inspires fierce resistance and we need to overcome that resistance to bring change about.

Experiments around four-day workweeks are gaining traction, with the latest push in Maryland. It signals a shift in how some view the traditional work week.

The University of California, San Francisco is the latest institution to be targeted by the Trump administration over such allegations.

Eleven members of the Center for Intellectual Freedom’s Advisory Council stepped down this week. It’s the latest birth pang for such entities, which are created by Republican lawmakers and boards at p...

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Three current and former Harvard researchers are heading north to Canadian universities as part of a sweeping $1.21 billion government effort to recruit top academic talent, with two citing instabilit...

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.

Many academics are concerned about threats to independent enquiry in higher education. Here’s how it can be protected while taking legitimate concerns into account.

Just because a meeting goes well doesn’t mean that the content was translated properly by every manager in the chain. Some in your team may…

Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.

As it becomes increasingly evident that getting a student to visit campus is one of the best ways to convince them to enroll, colleges are overhauling their tours.

In all, Canada has poached 64 leading researchers globally to join the staff at nearly two dozen universities.