The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.

The university should have stood up to the Justice Department.

Students at the Kennedy School of Government can study online or finish their degrees at the University of Toronto.

In their fund-raising appeals, some schools are citing the vast sums in federal funding that they stand to lose. Others appear to be keeping mum to avoid angering the White House.

Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the implications of generative A.I.’s transformation of technology.

Top football squads like Ohio State will be paid up to $35 million next season. But the amounts top athletes are pulling in could soon crash back to earth.

As the cost of tuition rises, a growing number of students are turning to platforms like GoFundMe to raise funds for education.

College athletics is in uncharted territory after the House settlement was approved in June. Experts expect growing pains in the inaugural year of the quasi-professional era. After years of court battles, a federal judge ushered in a new era for college athletics earlier this month when she approved a settlement in the House v. NCAA antitrust lawsuit, effectively ending the century-old model of student athletes as amateurs.

A small number of colleges have long refused federal funds due to their religious identities or a desire to stay lean. Here’s how they balance their budgets.