Leaders of Northwestern, U.C.L.A. and Rutgers, drawing lessons from prior hearings, sought to avoid enraging either the Republicans on the committee or members of their own institutions.

Anger at the university’s decision to bar 13 seniors from the ceremony in the wake of campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza was a flashpoint for the protest on Thursday.

The House member from North Carolina attributes her blunt conservative politics to her pulled-herself-up-by-her-bootstraps life.

At a time of extreme polarization on campus, the banality of the graduation ceremony is a tradition worth celebrating.

Commencement is the rare American ritual that still has rules. That’s why it’s ripe for disruption.

Two members of the board voted against the measure eliminating DEI requirements at universities.

UNC System President Peter Hans said UNC-Chapel Hill trustees “chose to disregard” legal advice against their action.

The settlement could resolve three major antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA that carry the threat of some $20 billion in damages.

A landmark settlement will provide billions in pay to college athletes. But because this is college sports, nothing will be easy.

Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. Will other states follow? States have long imposed specific standards on what K-12 public schools must teach. During the Obama era, the Common Core movement even tried to establish nationwide standards for math and English at these grade levels.

Lawmakers’ sharpest questions were directed at Northwestern University’s Michael H. Schill, who didn’t take it quietly.