The killing of George Floyd by a police officer has sparked massive protests nationwide. This hour, writer and scholar Clint Smith reflects on this moment, through conversation, letters, and poetry.

I suppressed my rage about racism for decades. No more.

When I wrote A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College, I thought elite universities would remain largely unchanged. But no one anticipated a faster + cheaper + Covid world.

As annual lobbying spending drops to $75 million, bigger campuses take more control

They’re acting like they exist to protect their endowments, instead of the other way around.

High school juniors who would now be in the thick of recruiting are losing the benefits of in-person recruiting.

College athletes are returning to campus for voluntary workouts following the coronavirus lockdowns. And already, coronavirus cases are coming with them.

As students make college plans for the fall, some U.S. universities are seeing surging interest from in-state residents who are looking to stay closer to home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

I skipped my virtual ceremony and watched it later over a bowl of cereal.

Wichita State University Tech pulled Ms. Trump’s commencement speech after students and faculty members condemned the Trump administration’s response to protests.

Arizona State University rescinded a job offer to the newly hired dean of its prestigious journalism school following allegations of racism and mistreatment of students.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a young woman in Texas -- as yet unaware of the horrors unfolding half a country away -- learns that she is pregnant. She emerges from her doctor’s office to a shocking new reality. “What kind of world will this be for my child?” she wonders.

A professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington has come under fire for tweets he posted which the school has called "vile and inexcusable," according to a statement the school provided to CNN Saturday.

For private colleges, the picture shifts from (terrible) survey results to the actual totals. And they aren't all terrible.

Many higher education leaders called for change in response to the killing of George Floyd, but few shared ideas on how to enact it. Observers want them to do more.

Development leaders are predicting steep declines in big gifts, especially those of more than $1 million.

The time-tested techniques have quelled outbreaks of disease in the past. But residential colleges have never used them to foster their ambitious plans to reopen.

Many colleges are planning to return to campus, but some of the costs remain unknown, according to a Chronicle survey.