William Ferris is known around North Carolina as a folklorist — a man whose passion is to chronicle the stories, music and culture of the American South.

Any politically incorrect moment from a major donor’s past could be used to excoriate him.

Can the University of California bar males from presenting research at a biology conference?

Many elite private schools are dropping Advanced Placement courses in the name of learning for learning’s sake, but it’s a blow to competition and national standards

Despite a fundraising campaign that brought in $9.5 million, Bennett College lost an appeal to keep its accreditation, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges announced Friday.

Wake Forest stands behind admissions dean and notes her work to promote diversity. Not everyone agrees with the university's decision. Associate dean of admissions found in separate photos with Confederate flag.

Senators urged to end financial aid at colleges that use legacy preferences and early decision and to ban research grants to universities that do not use a lottery system to admit applicants.

The comparable number for women three years ago was 40 percent. The share of male students who told surveyors of a sexual assault also jumped, to 14 percent from 10 percent.