University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer needed money to save his school. Alum and Nike chief executive Phil Knight was happy to help. But after Frohnmayer made a key mistake, Knight exacted a brutal punishment.
As Americans' faith in higher education reacts to rising costs, mounting debts, and the growing sense that preparation for the workforce need not take a four-year degree, the post-World War II ambitions of higher education may prove to be a noble failure.
The letters-to-the-editor section of Science, one of the world's top scientific journals, is taking a new stance on what arguments it will accept about those accused of sexual harassment.
To relegate academic projects that seek to untangle the complexities of human systems to the realm of grievances is a farce—one that misses the point of the academic project in the first place.
And progress on that front may be slowing.
New research finds alcohol consumption is higher in chapters where members are expected to assert their masculinity.
What happens to taxpayer money when scientists are faced with accusations or findings of wrongdoing?
Other Asian-American advocacy organizations applaud attempts to secure access to education for communities of color.
The proposed policies could go into effect without requiring a vote from Congress.
Often college students nearing graduation have bills that, while small, could prevent them from graduating. Many universities now offer micro-grants to cover such expenses, which helps keep such students on track to graduation.
One study suggests it's possible but not feasible.
An uptick in federal investigations into the mishandling of sexual assault on college campuses has done little to affect applications or donations to universities.
Nearly two-thirds believe they're smarter than average.
Paul Quinn College in Dallas became the nation's first urban work college. Now it's expanding to a second campus and creating a consortium of other urban colleges that may join the work college movement.
A new book argues that American democracy depends on an unlikely source: the English department.
And what can other federal programs learn from their success?
For decades, a small federal program has been helping the students of farmworkers win at college by smothering them with support.
Political science professors are increasingly being forced to choose which form of inclusivity to prioritize. That decision will have a large impact on the face of higher education for decades to come.
An influential conservative online ecosystem targets teachers whose expressed opinions question the dominance of white men.
Some members of the science community are fighting to ensure that a finding of harassment leads to consequences far beyond whatever the university decides—including their removal from the National Academy of Sciences.
The Trump administration is reversing Obama-era guidelines urging colleges to consider race in admissions practices.
In a new book, urban revitalization expert Alan Mallach argues that much of what you think you know about cities today is wrong.
A slanted version of the events at Evergreen College keeps driving the conservative news cycle—all while students suffer.
Candidates cheer for themselves before sitting the National College Entrance Examination (a.k.a. Gaokao) outside an exam site on June 7th, 2018.