Federal Judge Block’s Obama’s Overtime-Pay Rule
In an action that could have enormous implications for colleges, a judge halted the administration’s move to extend overtime pay to millions more workers just days before the change was to take effect.
For Jittery Academics, Trump’s Education Transition Chief May Bring Calm
In a long Education Department career, James Manning has been known as a steady hand without partisan proclivities.
Are Students ‘Learning Anything About Love Here’? Premium
Anna Deavere Smith, master of documentary theater, talks about personal narrative, empathy, and colleges’ potential to reach vulnerable students and to disrupt cliques.
Here's a Rundown of the Latest Campus-Climate Incidents Since Trump's Election
The Southern Poverty Law Center has now recorded more than 700 episodes of hate against racial and other minority groups in the wake of the presidential election, and 16 percent of them occurred on college campuses.
NCAA Wipes Out 2 Years of Notre Dame Wins in Football
A student trainer was found to have provided certain players with extra benefits and to have helped two players cheat.
Yale to Pay $3 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Murder of Student in Lab
Annie Le, a graduate student, was killed in 2009 by a research technician only days before her planned wedding. The technician is now serving 44 years in prison.
Video: Remaking the Liberal Arts
Katherine Bergeron, president of Connecticut College, discusses how it revamped its curriculum to help students better connect their experiences in and out of the classroom and to help them develop a broad question to frame their education.
The Myth of the Sports Scholarship Premium
Allison Goldblatt and her family believed that her elite status as a swimmer would pay her way at the college of her choice. But they found out the truth.
Coaches Offer Unfiltered Views of NCAA Scholarship Limits Premium
Many believe the association’s aid system is flawed — but not in the way you might think.
How Students Play a Supporting Role in Campus Labor Movements Premium
Student groups are often non-hierarchical, making it easier to mobilize but tougher to pass along institutional knowledge.
Under Trump, Scientists May Get a Break on Data-Sharing Premium
The Association of American Universities worries that the open-access policies federal research agencies are developing now are not sufficiently aligned. Any slowdown in putting them in place, it says, is "probably a positive."
A Year Before Public-Service Loan Forgiveness Kicks In, Uncertainty Looms Premium
The first wave of borrowers in a program meant to steer students toward public-service jobs will see their debt wiped away next fall. But neither borrowers nor government officials have a good sense of what to expect.
How One University Is Working to Make Student Leaders More Resilient Premium
To grow as a leader, you have to be willing to fail. That’s the message Tim Davis shares with students through a new project at UVa.
Trump World Premium
How Trump’s America looks to a largely Latino community-college class.
Not Normal
We are not "normalizing" Donald Trump but bringing our own ethics and mores into accordance with a very different set of standards, says Lucy Ferriss.
A ‘Netflix for Education’? Why LinkedIn’s New Product Should Give Us Pause
The company promises to take "the guesswork out of learning." But there’s a risk in assuming that delivering video courses and short quizzes is all it takes to develop knowledge and skills.
Caring Isn't Coddling
We don't have to choose between being intellectually demanding and emotionally sensitive.
Finding Out Who’s Got Game
Three ways to tell if someone has real power or is just desperate to be considered a player.








