“Davidson changed my life,” religion scholar said after being named president of alma mater Davidson College.

The trustees at Davidson College on Friday named Douglas A. Hicks, an alum and religious scholar who played baseball at the school, as its next president. Hicks, dean of Oxford College of Emory University, assumes his new role on Aug.

Religion scholar Douglas A. Hicks was named the 19th president of Davidson College this week. He most recently served as dean of Emory University's Oxford College.

Davidson College alum Douglas Hicks has been tapped as the school's 19th president. He assumes that role this summer.

Oxford College's dean Douglas Hicks was named the president of Davidson College in North Carolina today, April 29.

Hologic CEO, Steve MacMillan talks with Maria Bartiromo on the growth of the company and the importance of women getting back to health screenings

Ten candidates in the city’s upcoming elections failed to submit required campaign finance documents that help the public understand where their money is coming from, according to county and state records.

Graduates can’t repay their loans if they don’t learn anything useful in school.

College debtors aren’t a privileged class.

“If we just focus on this generation’s political style,” says political theorist Wendy Brown, “we ignore their rage at the world they’ve inherited.”

The Department of Education has proposed regulations that would set an earnings threshold for career certificate programs in every sector, and for all degree programs at for-profits.

The recent deaths by suicide of female student-athletes have raised urgent questions.

The current NCAA structure, like its failed leader, just needs to disappear.

A conversation with “Rescuing Socrates” author Roosevelt Montás on why liberal education is more important than ever — and why the left and right are both wrong about what today’s students should learn.  

Dr. Mehmet Oz's relationship with Columbia University Irving Medical Center appears to have been spread as references to the celebrity surgeon have been all but scrubbed from the school's website.

Pew poll of American adults finds 74 percent think race and ethnicity should not be considered in admissions decisions. For gender, 82 percent think it shouldn’t be considered.

Serious changes to faculty speech and tenure rights went under the radar in Mississippi until they were passed. Now that the secret’s out, faculty advocates are pushing back—including by raising concerns about constitutionality.

Does getting rid of grades make things worse for disadvantaged students?