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Conventional wisdom says Asian-American applicants face higher hurdle than others at elite colleges. Federal probe raises question of whether differential standards can be proven and -- if so -- would violate the law.

A gathering of presidents from more conservative Christian colleges discusses what to do about controversies surrounding gay and lesbian students.

Blog-borne debate about a study on the relationship between social media and scholarly communications reaches new levels of meta.

The growing popularity of short-term internships over winter and spring breaks gives students more time in the workplace, but raises questions of equity and value.

Senators agree tuition can't keep growing, though their ideas differ on how to address the problem.

Proposal being weighed by University of California to shift student payments to after graduation and tie them to income would be a dramatic change in how education is financed.

New study finds that community college students often don't take advantage of academic support that could help get them to graduation. The solution may be to make those offerings required.

Isabel Wilkerson, prizewinning author, decided she didn't have time for her course at Boston U., so she left. The dean is sympathetic, but students aren't.

University of Michigan program aims to set national standards for rookie educators.

University of Warwick and Monash University aim to redefine what global higher education collaboration looks like.

An ambitious research project is proving the payoffs of predictive analytics in higher ed, and early findings overturn conventional wisdom about student success.

The controversial president of Kean University is facing questions from faculty members about the veracity of academic records dating back almost 30 years.

In new draft, U.S. panel endorses specific ideas for reworking higher education accreditation, including keeping link to student aid and defining common data for accreditors to use in judging colleges.

Professors at New Jersey Institute of Technology say speed doesn't justify ignoring the faculty role in selecting a president.

• Adelphi University is starting a master of science program and an advanced certificate program in health information technology.

Institutional endowments for the 2011 fiscal year showed returns similar to pre-recession levels, but many still worth less than in 2007.

As liberal arts colleges reconnect with their activist roots, new programs take hold.

Many faculty and staff are clearly interested in promoting religious pluralism. The question is, how? Some colleges are trying to figure it out.

With no legislation on the horizon to clear a path for students in the U.S. illegally, Catholic colleges quietly step up efforts to support the undocumented.

Neumann University's payments to Canadian athletes land it two years of NCAA probation.