The allure of investment options like hedge funds and venture capital remains strong for universities, even though standard stock index funds have outperformed them in the last 10 years.

Journalism under the siege of the perpetually enraged reader.

We cannot jail, fire or expel our way out of this crisis. We need other options.

It’s well known that attending a private university in the Northeast is expensive. But the price tag has now risen above $70,000 at some schools.

College basketball: North Carolina, Duke, N.C. State in probe of possible violations

A new study identifies the gaps between graduates' views of their skills and the views of those who hire them.

Some school districts have threatened to suspend students who join protests for tougher gun laws. Admissions leaders at MIT and elsewhere tell applicants such suspensions won't be held against them.

A former U.S. secretary of education says a new book doesn’t appreciate that yesterday’s useless knowledge becomes tomorrow’s practical necessity.