Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University, says colleges must change how they educate for a work force dominated by automation.

Some classroom observations and other assessments at the University of California at Merced can be especially valuable because of who’s performing them: undergraduates.

A book suggests ways to get liberal-arts and technology students working together to solve societal problems.

The University of Pennsylvania is discovering that audits, automation, and strategic planning can help save millions of dollars while mitigating damage to the environment.

The university has committed to becoming a carbon-neutral campus by 2035. As part of that effort, a squad of 10 is sussing out energy inefficiencies.

A short email to unregistered students led to stories of parking tickets, overdue library books, and more.

The Stoics are useful when things are going well, but they’re at the top of their game when things fall apart.

The stereotype of the forgetful fuddy-duddy masks insensitivity to others.

Its conditions eerily reflect those of 19th-century Hapsburg army officers.

How Massimo Pigliucci became the new face of an ancient philosophy.

Topics include research fraud, inequality among colleges, and outcomes for deaf students.

A new book examines traditional researchers’ views of their more commercially oriented, and often wealthier, colleagues.

Recent gifts of $25 million or more led to the naming or renaming of a business college, a science hall, an economics department, an engineering department, and an institute.

Descriptions of the latest titles, divided by category.

Ashish Vaidya will become president of Northern Kentucky University, and Eunice Tarver was named provost at Tulsa Community College.

They are given a platform for their ideas, even when it is clear that the ideas don’t measure up.

How Stephen F. Cohen became the most controversial Russia expert in America.

The Museum of the Bible is poised to welcome throngs of visitors. But a cloud hangs over its collection.

Revelations about sexual misconduct have been deeply felt across academe. Here are updates from two months of revelations.

Among flagship institutions, Ohio State University was the most successful in limiting increases in tuition and fees for in-state students.

One of the men died in 2007, and the other former professor called his accuser’s claim “utterly false.”

A Chronicle investigation shows how political allies and lawyers have maneuvered to keep tens of millions of GI Bill dollars flowing to a for-profit university.

Many students have celebrated the signs, posted at Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, as a blow against rape culture.

Self-awareness as a leader in higher education does not mean being proud of your faults.