Alan Michael Parker’s new poem, “Birth of the Cool” recommended.

The college admission scandal and a lawsuit charging admissions discrimination at Harvard have special resonance for families like mine, where parents sacrifice so much for their children’s opportunities.

Deans don’t want call-out culture either — they just can’t say so out loud.

Those who appeared in a Boston court on Monday included the top tennis coach at Georgetown and an assistant teacher at a Houston public school.

Sometimes the best school isn’t the “elite” college at the top of the national rankings. It’s the public university just down the road.

William “Rick” Singer, the self-proclaimed higher-education guru charged in what authorities call a vast college-admissions bribery and cheating case, gained credibility on the financial-services speaking circuit, which allowed him to move through elite circles in finance, tech and entertainment.

The U.S. Department of Education is investigating eight universities whose athletic coaches were allegedly part of an admissions cheating scheme, seeking information about the schools’ athletic-recruiting and admissions practices.

Duke was accused of knowingly falsifying or fabricating research in 30 grants.

At Duke University, prospective students with wealthy parents received special consideration for admission

Michael Horn says the coming enrollment crisis will further exacerbate the financial pressures facing small colleges in New England and across the country.

In the first days after a fleet of 25 delivery robots descended on George Mason University's campus in January, school officials could only speculate about the machines' long-term impact.

A Yale University spokesman confirmed Monday that the university has revoked the admission of a student involved in the admissions scandal. The spokesman declined to elaborate, but previous Yale statements have noted that applicants must affirm the accuracy of their applications when they submit them, so those who submitted false information would be subject to being asked to leave.

Study finds public universities that recruit out of state focus on high schools that serve wealthy students.

As legal pressure mounts against the makers of OxyContin, universities that have been the beneficiaries of their donations are being pressed to evaluate their relationship with the family.