The strategy has been embraced as an elegant, low-cost way to fix thorny problems. New studies cast doubt on how well it could work nationally.

The university’s Applebaum Internship Program allows participants to explore how their liberal-arts passions might be developed into full-time jobs in the nonprofit sector of a resurgent Motor City.

The strategy has almost no impact on a company’s profits or behavior.

In learning how to be a dean, the magic is in distinguishing between what requires compromise and what must be an executive decision.

Paul Tough set out to explore how higher ed’s ideals can both inspire and discourage students.

Through small seminars for freshmen and beyond these institutions emphasize doing well by doing good, and preparing students for careers that fit their values and temperaments.

The eight colleges that received more than $75 million in Pell Grant aid for undergraduates in 2016-17 had Pell graduation rates ranging from 8 percent to 67 percent.

Stepped-up scrutiny at airports, often seen as arbitrary, has increased “fear and anxiety.”

Walsh’s new leader comes from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Saib Othman has been named the chief academic officer at National-Louis.

A panel’s investigation paints a troubling portrait of a difficult professor who seemed to delight in provoking senior administrators. But it also raises questions about whether those administrators went too far in seeking to show her the door.

Why did the philanthropist and registered sex offender, who didn’t have a bachelor’s degree, seek to surround himself with biologists, mathematicians, and neuroscientists? A few clues can be found on a now-defunct website.

Students have a high bar to prove that they were misled and harmed financially, say consumer advocates.

Administrators’ typical argument against divestment — that it would betray “fiduciary duty” — is growing weaker as the fossil-fuel sector continues to decline. In fact, divesting may end up saving colleges money.

The National Association for College Admission Counseling sent a message to members saying the Justice Department had objected to some provisions, saying they “inhibit, to some extent, competition among colleges for students.”

Some worry that the new rules are a direct response to protests in support of instructor unionization.

Instead of tearing down their version of Silent Sam, students at the institution tried to work with the administration. But they’re growing restless.