An endowment tax hitting Harvard University and MIT spares four wealthy small liberal arts schools. An unlikely ally was fighting alongside them.

The internet can be a lonely and mentally harmful place, but one North Carolina professor is imagining how to change that.

Eliza Buerk doesn’t take any of it for granted—being home, being at school, or being in a position to grow.

Talks in Washington. An expert on negotiation. A balancing act. The university chose cooperation over litigation, a strategy both pilloried and praised.

As Harvard and the government negotiate to end a conflict with billions of dollars on the line, some ask whether Penny Pritzker, the head of the school’s governing board, should step down.

Generations of parents have opened 529 plans to save for their children’s educations. Now some are reconsidering the value of college and looking into other options.

In a letter Thursday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a group of members of Congress warned of reductions to the largest U.S. foreign student group.

The new notification dates will be used for the first time this fall and will remain in place for all fall admission cycles going forward.

Daniel Lugo announced his departure in December after being named to the same job at another college. The school still is searching for his permanent succesor.

Colleges from Utah to Indiana and Maine are on track to offer three-year degrees in the near future. But the hesitations that have long plagued the movement haven’t disappeared. Last month, Manchester University, a private liberal arts college two hours north of Indianapolis, became the first college in Indiana to win approval to offer reduced-credit bachelor’s degrees.

How Virginia Commonwealth U. went from all-in on diversity to auditing it.