Friends and family gathered Saturday at Davidson College Presbyterian Church to honor the 34-year-old's life.

Davidson freshman Luka Brajkovic’s play on the basketball court is evidence that he has made the transition from his home country of Austria to college life in the United States.

Admissions officials and consultants say colleges do little to verify the truth of the impressive résumés and moving hardship stories submitted by applicants under rising pressure to stand out.

Being told no is inevitable in most creative endeavors. But maybe I could win by losing.

Princeton, Yale, the University of California, Irvine, and others are increasing enrollment of Pell-grant-eligible students in an initiative backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Ninety-six of the schools reported a 3.5% gain in those students, a report found.

Mitch Daniels, America’s most innovative university president, tells how he’s kept tuition from rising and how acquiring Kaplan University will expand educational access.

Universities are installing vending machines where students can purchase emergency contraception, an effort to remove barriers to and anxiety surrounding products like Plan B.

While grades ultimately don’t matter in getting a job, they are very important in relation to another one of life’s selection processes: college admissions.

After four years at the helm of Frederick Community College, Elizabeth Burmaster is at the center of a simmering dispute.

Heirs to the Confederacy gathered for a prayer rally at UNC’s McCorkle Place on Sunday. They were met by anti-racist protesters. The two groups shouted at each other off and on for several hours.

Karrie Dixon, the interim leader credited with improvements at Elizabeth City State University, was named as permanent chancellor Friday.

A chemistry professor at Lund University dispatched a team of mercenaries into an Islamic State (also known as IS, Isis or Daesh) war zone to free one of her doctoral students and his family.

Stanford becomes latest institution to drop the value of family homes when calculating ability of a student to pay.

Opposition grew to a proposal to build a history center to house Silent Sam. System board now orders new review of options.

A few years ago, the Princeton historian brought his scholarship to hostile territory: Twitter. It made him famous and sent a message to the field that a serious scholar can also throw punches.

A University of Illinois law professor’s behavior was found to have “made the teaching and working environment uncomfortable for a countless number of female colleagues and students.” But when that behavior doesn’t clear the b