In “Necessary Trouble,” Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard’s former leader, wrestles with her conservative Southern upbringing, and the unfinished business of the Civil War.

All the gadgets that’ll help new students stay organized, well-rested and hygienic.

After several extensions of the payment pause, some borrowers are skeptical that they will truly have to make payments this fall, while others are out of the loop on the raft of changes to the system.

Some of the universities that cater most egregiously to wealthy students turn out to be public.

The presidents of 13 universities are elevating free speech on their campuses this academic year, as part of a new nonprofit initiative announced Tuesday.

After regulatory finessing, Antioch and Otterbein create partnership to widen student access to programs without compromising either institution’s mission. More partners are planned. After a year of finessing the structure of and earning regulatory approval for a first-of-its kind higher education network, two higher learning institutions with very different student body demographics have officially joined forces to expand their students’ access to more academic programs.

What happens when survival is the No. 1 priority? A cautionary tale from North Carolina.