The loss of innocent life is heartbreaking. Israel, like every nation, has a right to respond. Has a duty to respond." 

At a gathering focused on pluralism, academics, nonprofit leaders and college administrators assess the state of campus discourse and spotlight steps to improve it. NANTUCKET, Mass.—Is there a civil discourse crisis in higher education?

After a student group blamed Israel for the violence, Lawrence Summers, a former university president, condemned the leadership for not speaking up.

After years of criticism about financial aid letters that are confusing and sometimes misleading, about 400 schools have agreed to bring “clarity” to their communication.

College campuses around the U.S. braced for tensions Monday as opposing groups spoke out about whether Gaza or Israel was to blame in the escalating conflict. At Harvard University, a joint statement signed by 31 student organizations said they “hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all u

The university’s response to students who excuse Hamas is belated and weak.

Districts in California and Illinois report mixed success in widening the pool for advanced classes after making changes to freshman-year offerings.

Express opinions at variance with the rigid orthodoxy of the righteous elite and you will be said to be inflicting ‘harm.’ You will be canceled.

In a typical year, thousands of U.S. college students come to Israel for study-abroad programs. Now the situation is fluid after Islamist militants launched attacks on Israel from Gaza and Israel declared war on Hamas.

The system staggers on, beset by declining enrollments, plummeting public confidence and disgraceful violations of the freedoms tenure was created to protect.

Some say the Classic Learning Test hasn’t done enough to show it’s ready for high-stakes use in college admissions

The housing crisis has prompted many schools to get creative. For example: turning single-occupancy rooms into doubles and doubles into triples, or study rooms into bedrooms.

A new law will require public institutions to change accreditors every cycle. Passed quietly with no debate, the bill follows similar legislation passed in Florida. North Carolina colleges and universities will be required to change accreditors every cycle, according to a new bill that was passed amid a flurry of other legislation and signed into law last week.

Just a handful of college presidents have issued statements, a marked break from past politically fraught events, and renewing a debate on when academic leaders should or should not speak out.