C. Cybele Raver would replace Domenico Grasso, who assumed the role after Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud was diagnosed with brain cancer and had to withdraw.

What is the point of teaching, they ask, if students are just pretending to learn?

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One of higher ed’s most skilled negotiators arrives at one of its most fractured campuses.

Kent Syverud, who was moving from Syracuse to Ann Arbor, said he had been diagnosed with “a form of brain cancer.” The Board of Regents will start a new search.

A former Navy man who built his reputation on integrity couldn’t avoid a scandalous downfall.

He doesn’t have any hostility toward law-school rankings, the author said, nor toward academe.

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Higher ed finds new critics — in the mirror.

Revelations about the former university president’s long entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein, the sexual predator, could finally sink the economist who seemed to have nine lives.

After a five-year saga rife with politics and interpersonal conflict, Nick Swayne is still leading North Idaho College, which is back in good standing with its accreditor.

Much of the senior staff who helped get the new institution off the ground have left this year.

Revelations about the former university president’s long entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein, the sexual predator, could finally sink the economist who seemed to have nine lives.

The University of Arkansas flagship received a request from a legislative office last week for course materials and information about scholarships, emails show.

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.”

Inside the movement to enshrine athletics as the newest liberal art.

Inside the movement to enshrine athletics as the newest liberal art.

Sian Leah Beilock has told faculty members she won’t sign the document as written. Meanwhile, the White House’s broader proposal has shifted discussion about the deal.

As colleges plan to make cuts, departments in this field are finding themselves on the chopping block.

The president of George Mason — and faculty leaders — may be punished for defending university policies.

Recent changes to college sports are monumental for athletics, athletes, and all of higher education. Shifts in name, image, and likeness (NIL), revenue sharing, unionization, transfer portal, TV mone...

As the once-stable compact between universities and the federal government founders, some scholars are looking elsewhere for money.

The former University of Michigan president’s bid to take over the top job in Gainesville ended in dramatic fashion at a contentious meeting of the State University System of Florida’s Board of Govern...

HIV scientists were given a choice: Eliminate a study of transgender youth or lose a shot to recover a larger grant. They chose the former.

Both antisemitism and Islamophobia are problems, they say. They differ on solutions.

The abrupt change comes after students at campuses across the country saw their status canceled, and feared they might not be able to stay in the country.

The idea of a compact among institutions is based on the idea that there’s strength in numbers, and it comes amid frustration that few presidents are speaking out against the administration’s actions ...

The idea of a compact among institutions is based on the idea that there’s strength in numbers, and it comes amid frustration that few presidents are speaking out against the administration’s actions ...

The federal government is reshaping its relationship with the nation’s colleges. Use our new tracker to keep up with the latest.

Long a third rail of campus politics, parking inspires raging debates that are about far more than fees, fines, and crowded lots.

The university appears to be the next target in a campaign to go after higher education for allegedly failing to suppress campus antisemitism.

Why Jason Stanley, a scholar of fascism, is leaving Yale for Canada.

Scientists have been screaming for a life raft. Some institutions hope internal funds will keep them afloat during the chaos.

The university received reports that an international graduate student was taken into custody from an off-campus apartment Tuesday night, President Sunil Kumar wrote in a letter to the school communit...

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The school leadership is warned of risk of funding cuts in Trump talks.

A Cornell graduate student who has been a prominent voice at pro-Palestinian protests is being told to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a new court filing made shortly af...

Legal scholars say the university would have a strong case to make if it wanted to use the courts to fight for its funding to be restored.

Legal scholars say the university would have a strong case to make if it wanted to use the courts to fight for its funding to be restored.