Amid worries about hazing, sexual assault and a spate of deaths, universities are imposing campuswide restrictions on fraternities and sororities.

The Trump administration’s Education Department is cutting staff at its Office for Civil Rights. Critics say the move will blunt the office’s response to issues like sexual assault on college campuses and racial discrimination in public schools.

After years of plummeting enrollment and hand-wringing over the value of a law degree, interest in law school is starting to rebound. Students and prelaw advisers attribute at least part of the rise to the legal tumult of 2017.

Harvard’s endowment posted the worst returns in the Ivy League last year—and its new chief pushed for moves that would have made the results even worse.

Pressure is mounting for the education secretary to take action on tens of thousands of federal student loan forgiveness applications languishing at the U.S. Department of Education.

The chair of the English department rebuts those who say the university has ditched the Bard.

A long-awaited grand jury report about fraternity hazing at Pennsylvania State University was set to be unveiled on Friday, 10 months after the death of Timothy Piazza, 19, during an alcohol-fueled initiation ritual.

A video of a 16-year-old boy and his classmates erupting in joy when they learn he was accepted to Harvard University is drawing millions of views online.

Authors of statistics textbook proudly declared, in a footnote, that no one reads footnotes. Photos of the footnote keep going viral.

New public opinion data suggest that despite significant concerns about prices, most Americans (and many Republicans) believe a postsecondary education is essential.

The case for free speech must be made with appropriate sensitivity to the perspective of its critics.

Unguarded speech on social media and on campus can lead to all kinds of grief. This 44-page collection looks at how colleges get tangled in debates over free speech after their professors and students speak out.