Academe has assumed a symbolic importance it hasn’t had since the height of the Cold War.

A decade ago, Wisconsin’s governor made college a wedge issue. Now his approach has gone national.

What two governors’ contrasting platforms say about the nation’s polarized views about colleges.

Samuel L. Stanley Jr.’s resignation underscores the severity of the standoff between the East Lansing campus and its board. That fight may be just beginning.

The case of an NYU organic-chemistry professor centers on one of teaching’s thorny questions.

The campus, in Morris, has lost nearly half of its students over the past decade, across all demographic groups.

Twenty-nine percent were food-insecure, and 14 percent were housing-insecure, according to the Center for Community College Student Engagement.

Nine student groups want to ban supporters of Israel from speaking. That’s wrong.

Mentoring, committee work, and other campus service disproportionately burden women.

Ex cathedra statements on current events from admins are just ... weird.

A study of fairness and bias in tenure and promotion suggests that some candidates are spurned for reasons beyond their control.