U.S. News and World Report changed its methodology this year, adding how well colleges serve low-income students. How Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, Elon, High Point, Davidson and other NC colleges ranked.

In the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of Best Colleges released Monday, one North Carolina school cracked the top 10.

In addition to decreasing the number of investigations at colleges and universities by 39 percent, the rules would save educational institutions millions, a department analysis showed.

Tim Piazza and Marquise Braham told their parents they just wanted to make some new friends by joining fraternities while away at college. Neither got much of a chance: They died before their 20th birthdays, after brutal fraternity hazing rituals.

FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, was meant to protect educational records. It often keeps parents from knowing what's happening to their kids at college.

UNC-Chapel Hill leaders will hold campus forums to solicit ideas for the future of Silent Sam, and Chancellor Carol Folt said she’s already received suggestions from people across the state.

Comedian Sara Schaefer reflects on her experiences performing stand-up on all kinds of college campuses and why she disagrees with performers like Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock who write them off as being too sensitive or PC.

Early-alert systems designed to catch struggling students are ubiquitous in higher ed, but not every institution is seeing desired results.

Another controversial policy proposal in Wisconsin would eliminate all programs with fewer than five majors annually, on average, if "remediation" didn't work. Faculty leaders see attempt to turn system into a "widget factory."

One prominent sexual-assault researcher says clear, evidence-based policies are needed but have yet to be created.

Three years ago, the University of Texas at Austin took down a campus monument to Jefferson Davis. That offers one possible solution to the question now facing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

What does the declining birthrate mean for colleges and universities and the students who hope to get a college degree a decade from now? The answer depends on where you live in the United States and how selective the college is.