President Trump has targeted higher education, threatening the principles of academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy, and the American Association of Colleges and Universities is working to safeguard these ideals.

A recent group statement showed that the nation’s academic leaders, at first reluctant to oppose the president’s moves, are beginning to unite.

The university’s defense of the Constitution doesn’t absolve it of its own sins, but the defense of the Constitution often comes through imperfect vehicles.

A new effort at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is aimed at turning its student-athletes into well-remunerated social media stars. Other schools are following suit.

I never felt it necessary to provide support for an institution with a $50 billion endowment. That’s changed.

Separate from the public dissent, a group of school leaders are strategizing behind the scenes about how to respond and push back against the White House.

After international students were deleted from a government database, hundreds sued. DHS reversed course on Friday.

The Education Department cited 2023 media reports that UC-Berkeley had not reported “hundreds of millions of dollars” in foreign government funding.

George Washington University, one of 10 schools the Trump administration plans to visit over allegations of antisemitism, said it will do what it takes to preserve federal funds.

Scott Bok, former chair of the University of Pennsylvania, says university leaders need to push back against pressure — from donors and the government.

The students’ visas were caught up in the Trump administration’s sweeping terminations of international students’ immigration records across the country.

St. Andrews University to close after the Spring 2025 semester.

Trump’s executive action targeting the process universities undergo to qualify for federal financial aid is meant to push conservatives’ academic agenda.

The Trump administration has restored some international student records, following nationwide terminations in April, but legal experts say there’s no guarantee that students are safe. International students, colleges and advocates caught a break Friday after weeks of confusion and disruptions.

Badar Khan Suri is held in Texas. We spoke through glass. This is what he said.