Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a longtime professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is making free tuition available to all students going forward.

Learn more in The N&O’s roundup of higher education news about why Duke’s admissions leader says scoring student essays is “an artifact of the past.”

The new state law prohibits public universities from having diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Students say schools are overcorrecting.

Floods, wildfires and hurricanes can have long-term financial consequences for college-age people. As climate change makes disasters more common, more and more students are struggling.

When the director of Jewish studies at one California State University campus visited another to speak on Israel and Palestine, things went awry. An incident last week at San José State University laid bare just how contentious the Israel-Palestine conflict continues to be on American college campuses—and how elusive agreement can be over the meaning of concepts such as genocide, terrorism and free speech.

Campus leaders struggle to deliver on a core ideal.