The ideological bent of those overseeing collegiate life is having the biggest impact on campus culture.

As an Asian-American alumnus of Harvard, I know it’s incorrect to think of race-conscious admissions policies as helping just the lucky few.

A lawsuit accusing the university of discriminating against Asian-American applicants promised to reveal how the highly selective institution shapes its incoming classes.

After increasing for decades, the real cost of attending both public and private college is flat and in some cases even declined this year, as colleges compete for fewer students by giving away more scholarships.

Give up federal dollars, and you can run your admissions the way you want.

Stricter criminal penalties for hazing will soon become Pennsylvania law under legislation inspired by the death of a Penn State student that cleared its final hurdle Monday.

For 35 years, Ruth D'Eredita tried to dismiss her former professor's behavior — the way he touched her, groped her and kissed her. But last year, as dozens of women came forward to share similar encounters with powerful men, she started to see her memories differently.

As Canadians prepare for the legalization of recreational cannabis this week, 24 students are becoming the first in the country to get formal credentials in growing pot.

The college will cut tuition and fees by more than a third for the 2019-20 academic year. Only one other private college in North Carolina has made such a big

Stephen Schwarzman, head of Blackstone Group LP, has given $350 million -- his largest personal gift -- to help establish a college of computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The AI world agrees: we need more AI talent, especially with knowledge of other disciplines like physics, chemistry, history, and linguistics. MIT has heard the call, and it’s committing $1 billion to a new college of computing dedicated to AI and how to apply it in other fields.

Why did Elizabeth Warren divulge her genetic test results, which show she is in fact part Native American, while simultaneously insisting that she's always been evaluated professionally as a white person?

More than 2,100 people have signed a petition calling for the

A new study by researchers at Duke University and the University of Massachusetts at Boston exploits an intergenerational database of Americans to explore the connection between parental income and wealth and college outcomes. Among the findings of the study, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (abstract here):

Almost 90 years ago, a young anthropologist was murdered in the field. The case still speaks volumes about sexual assault and how we explain it away.

One of KIPP's New Orleans' campuses is partnering with Bard College to offer its upperclassmen a chance to earn an associates degree while in high school. Given KIPP's national footprint, the model has the potential for large expansion.