The rise and fall of one research university’s attempt to shake up undergraduate education.

Jelani M. Favors argues that historically black colleges and universities have a second curriculum that promotes activism and social change. That’s why it’s more important now than ever for those institutions to thrive.

Javaune Adams-Gaston will become Norfolk State’s next president. The new chief academic officer at Bucknell comes from Gonzaga University.

Dale Whittaker could collect $600,000 after holding the University of Central Florida’s top job for just eight months. If approved, the settlement would be among the largest paid to a chief executive this decade.

History departments are shuttering. Time to try something new.

More engagement between the academy and the Beltway will be mutually beneficial for both.

The president’s former personal lawyer told a House committee that he had warned the College Board, Fordham University, and the University of Pennsylvania of legal action if they disclosed Trump’s SAT scores and grades.

The public approves of affirmative action broadly, according to one new survey. But another found that most disapprove of the use of race in admissions.

In the face of a student mental-health crisis, a few colleges are putting wellness into the curriculum.

Supporters of the Old South are drawn to a place like the University of Mississippi, says one student, in part because a prominent statue to the Confederacy still stands there.

In survey results released on Monday, 27 percent of respondents said funding had grown since 2009 and 32 percent said it had stayed the same. In fact, it has dropped by $9 billion.

The three-campus system overhauled its policy, heralding an age of airtight rules on such potentially problematic relationships.

The comparable number for women three years ago was 40 percent. The share of male students who told surveyors of a sexual assault also jumped, to 14 percent from 10 percent.

Eager students have seized the chance to zip around campus quickly and cheaply. And frustrated college officials have seized piles and piles of scooters.

The Trump administration’s proposal to weaken personal-interaction requirements for online courses will harm disadvantaged students.

After the accreditor upheld an initial decision to remove the North Carolina college’s recognition, Bennett filed a lawsuit and had its accreditation reinstated for the duration of the case.

They view a different film every Sunday night, and post about it on Twitter. The ritual has attracted quite a following.

When students couldn’t see how an assignment built skills that would help them later, the instructor went further, providing specific examples.

It used to simplify crucial tasks. Now it’s strangling scholars’ ability to think.

Reduced teaching loads are not moving scholars away from the classroom — they’re allowing scholars to be better teachers.

In this role, Heather Hiles must create a new online educational model that will help students learn the job skills they need.

It’s one of the most challenging, miserable, and politically dangerous aspects of any job in academic administration.

Astrid S. Tuminez, the new president of Utah Valley University, sees technology as key to disrupting higher education and eroding the differences between “the haves and the have-nots.” Her experiences growing up in a Philippine slum and working for Microsoft have given her a unique perspective.