After a rocky start to the fall, many colleges and universities are looking ahead to the spring.

Decisions on whether the fall semester should be online or in-person often aligned with the wishes of those in power, new research suggests.

Few of the cut programs will perish, instead transitioning to club teams that allow athletes to continue playing more on their terms, without the strain of the N.C.A.A. rule book.

Prospects are harder to come by these days, even for those who are back on campus — but love (and lust) finds a way.

Two Cornell students created Quarantine Buddy to connect people during the pandemic.

Harvard and Yale worry what the newest justice would mean for their racial-preference policies.

A 91-year-old New York native who made a fortune building hospitals gave $300 million to his alma mater, the Missouri University of Science and Technology, among the largest gifts to a college.

Kevin Guskiewicz was officially installed as UNC Chapel Hill’s 12th Chancellor in a mostly virtual ceremony Sunday. The few in attendance wore face masks and sat six feet apart.

NC State University became the first UNC system school to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in 2018.

City College of New York's new dean of architecture quits after 10 months, saying that structural racism and a lack of support made for a crushing workload and climate.

Librarians are quarantining print materials for several days between loans to stop the spread of COVID-19. For students who rely on the library to access textbooks, that’s a problem.

Finances are already strained — and yet public colleges await budget-busting cuts.