Amid identity politics and the partisan divide, faculty members struggle to manage testy exchanges and potential attacks, sometimes on them.

Withhold federal research dollars from institutions that practice viewpoint discrimination.

Selingo: Wanted for any job: A bachelor’s degree. Is that smart?

Republican lawmakers in some states say no and back an opt-out provision.

A key measure shows the university tripling its share of freshmen with significant financial need.

College enrollment is flat. The cost of tuition is growing increasingly unaffordable for many families. Even the richest university in the world is sweating a bit under the financial pressures.

Right-wing firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos is scheduled to speak at a Southern California college campus on Halloween night and other student groups are planning a

The College of Charleston has launched an investigation after a photo surfaced over the weekend of a person dressed in an orange jumpsuit labeled with the name of Freddie Gray,

Columbia is investigating some of those who disrupted a talk. Some professors question why the university is doing so, especially since many of those being investigated are from minority groups.

Virginia Tech announced Monday that Thanassis Rikakis is stepping down as provost, The Roanoke Times reported. Rikakis, who has been provost for two years, has faced criticism from faculty leaders over his communication issues and his handling of some promotion and tenure cases, among other issues. The Faculty Senate has been considering a vote of no confidence.

NCAA president says after two recent scandals in college athletics, the public is losing faith and major reforms are needed.

A higher-education summit brings together influential educators to plot strategies for lifting college-completion rates.

With a novel about a shady law school and the student-debt crisis, the best-selling fiction writer could shape popular views of higher-education policy.