Administrators argue the university needs a police force to deal with sexual assaults and prepare for a school shooting, among other security needs. read more >

This year's referendums include issues of governance, facilities, minimum wage and more. read more >

Does a professor have a right to know why he or she didn’t earn tenure? read more >

The Pay It Forward program was concieved as an alternative method to paying for college tuition. read more >

What would academe look like without adjuncts? read more >

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley toured several Oregon campuses to hear students talk about the high cost of college — and to promote his proposals to help them. read more >

One in 10 current female students at the University of Oregon indicate they have been raped while attending college, according to a new survey of 982 students released Tuesday by Jennifer Freyd, a professor in the UO's Department of Psychology. read more >

The competing claims involve who owns and should profit from the assessment created at the university read more >

Examples of funny papers are few and far between. That’s a shame, says one scientist. read more >

But college loans threaten this traditional, "virtuous circle" of higher education. read more >

The appointment of a state senator to lead Florida State University sparked a firestorm of protest. But not all former legislators bring full-throated ideology to campus. read more >

Bureaucracy and pricey campus amenities push up costs, former Labor secretary Robert Reich says. read more >

If Oregon enacts a program to give free community college to some or many young adults who want it, it wouldn't actually be free for students. read more >

The search for a new president of the University of Oregon will be a marked departure for the school, conducted largely in private and run largely by the chairman of the new board of trustees. read more >

As the University of Oregon begins to look for its sixth president in seven years, faculty and staff union leaders say they are being blocked from having much say in the new search. read more >

The UO governing board gives its chairman, and others, broad search roles read more >

In St. Louis and around the country, professors and students grapple with the lessons of Ferguson. read more >

It looks like Americans may not be getting as much return on their investment as they could be. read more >

Universities across the country have begun experimenting with open textbooks read more >

Textbook giants are now teaching classes. read more >