The Michigan State sexual-abuse case illustrates the complex, often misunderstood, role of those whose job it is to legally protect an institution.

Allowing companies to choose what scientific questions should be asked, and how findings should be analyzed, interpreted, and disseminated, has public-health costs.

Seven private nonprofit institutions had endowments of $10 billion or more at the end of the 2017 fiscal year, as did three public institutions or systems.

Susan D. Looney was named the next president of Reading Area Community College; Sudha N. Setty will be law dean at Western New England University.

Public scandals and private worries have prompted efforts to rethink the management of university-industry ties.

Many states face a drop in the number of high-school graduates, but Maine’s will be especially steep. University leaders there have had to get creative.

A former U.S. secretary of education says a new book doesn’t appreciate that yesterday’s useless knowledge becomes tomorrow’s practical necessity.

Some observers hope the foundation will use its time of transition to promote fresher options both outside of traditional colleges and within academe.

Colleges’ education programs typically do not require training in how to respond to an active shooter. But some are rethinking their curricula.

Putting one’s own work on the syllabus can be logical. But the mild self-enrichment — or appearance of such — has some academics jumping through hoops to avoid it.

Reports of ugly incidents were all over the news in the weeks after Donald J. Trump’s surprising victory. Recently released government statistics help paint a picture of what really happened on campuses.

She’s an undocumented student fearing the death of DACA. He’s a Haitian citizen with a deadline to leave the United States. They’ve fallen in love. What do they do now?

Erin Bartram reflects on her overnight transformation from spurned scholar to prophet of the academic jobless.

Americans who don’t go to college are getting sicker and dying younger. Here are strategies that colleges can adopt to narrow the widening gulf in health outcomes.