Schools and entire states are creating new rules forcing professors to teach more hours and show up at the office. At one university, professors quit in response.

Phillip B. Levine, a professor of economics at Wellesley College, explains why costs vary, why merit aid is a distraction and more.

Research shows that while the cost of attendance is going up, the actual amount students pay has stagnated or even ticked down a bit for most families.

Private equity sees the colleges’ cash crunch as an opportunity to profit from some of the world’s most valuable sports brands.

America’s second biggest sporting obsession returned this weekend, with marching bands, 100,000-seat stadiums, ancient rivalries and, increasingly, the operating model of a sport being invented in real time

After loosening requirements during the Covid era, some schools are shaking up admissions again, facing pressure from the Trump administration, A.I. and even their own professors.

The University of Utah said the closure was approved this spring as part of its plans to cut and reallocate resources under a state-mandated budget directive affecting all of public higher education.

The Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism on Ivy League campuses pressured universities into punitive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of systemic abuse, according to a whistleblower complaint