“It feels like a nightmare, honestly,” Tony Elliott said, “and I’m ready for somebody to pinch me and wake me up.”

Being football players was not the victims’ headline achievement. The glory was in their status as students.

The university revised its earlier account of a disciplinary action involving the suspect in this week's deadly shooting on campus.

The police said they did not have a suspect in custody, and were working to document the events that led to the deaths of four friends at a house off campus.

Students discuss the rise of women in higher education.

‘Americans support general efforts to promote opportunity and inclusion. But they oppose the explicit use of race as a criterion in college admissions, hiring, and promotion.’

Leaders of the University of California system are considering whether to block U.C.L.A.’s move to the Big Ten. The lawmaker who touched off national changes in endorsement deals is watching, too.

Calls for the extension intensified after a federal appeals court ruled against the administration, dealing another blow to the loan-forgiveness plan.

Advocates say the Black Lives Matter movement, proud and famous alumni, and a sustained public-relations campaign have resulted in an uptick in positive headlines, donations, and enrollment. But they wonder if it’s enough, and how long it will last.