A lawsuit against Harvard has spurred a national discussion over affirmative action. To one former professor and one congressman, the debate reminds them of another 30 years ago.

The administration considers a visa ban. What a terrible idea.

“Personal Statement” tells the stories of three remarkable Brooklyn high school seniors who have to find their own way through the college application process and the struggles they face in school and at home. Another documentary film, “Unlikely,” shows us five nontraditional students as they fight to win a second chance at a college degree.

William & Mary's new president, Katherine A. Rowe, on the value of liberal arts.

The Christian university was in the thick of the Woolsey Fire tearing through Southern California.

Some members of the UNC Board of Governors, which is elected by the legislature, can’t stop themselves from meddling.

Families jam their schedules and fret over finances to prepare their kids for college. But all this craziness comes at a cost to parents and children.

Lawyers fighting to make Harvard drop race as an admissions factor and those battling to protect the college’s diversity system have their marching orders. Tell me what you think the evidence shows and meet me back in court Feb. 13, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs told them.

Associate Professor Lara Carlson was a superstar at the University of New England. But she and her employer are now embroiled in a bruising legal conflict. This is a story of sexual harassment and institutional failure.

Over the course of the last two-thirds of a century, there has been a dramatic decrease in male domination of college life --to the point that most students today are female.

With Handshake, Garrett Lord aims to give students from every American college access to top jobs. 

The number of new international students fell by 6.6 percent at U.S. universities in fall 2017, and the decline appears to be continuing this fall, according to new data.

Scholars will launch interdisciplinary journal that allows authors to publish under pseudonyms, citing recent threats against polarizing academics. Some like the idea, while posing practical and ethical objections.

The university’s 2015 protests drew national attention. A new report details what leaders of the flagship campus and the University of Missouri system have done to further healing and forestall renewed protests.

The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point has proposed dropping six mostly humanities majors as a part of its restructuring plan to offer more career-focused ones.