Every year, U.S. News & World Report publishes rankings that often change very little, though they draw attention and frustration from universities and applicants.

Economic anxieties are generating crushing pre-professional pressure on campuses, destroying college life and damaging students’ mental health.

The case tested the limits of academic freedom and tenure.

A new bill would clarify the Civil Rights Act’s bar against antisemitism and toughen the penalties.

A policy brief from New America argues the answer is no and that media organizations have oversimplified the results of public perception polls. In the last year, a growing collection of polls has suggested grim prospects for the public perception of higher education. Most notably, Gallup found in 2023 that only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education—down about 20 percentage points from 2015.

After being stalked, Jennifer Doyle ponders the risks of intimacy in academe.