When a Chinese company seeks to buy an American music college, opponents of the sale raise academic freedom concerns. Over the last several years, Chinese buyers have purchased a number of campuses in the U.S. read more >

Confucius Institutes and classrooms installed in colleges and K-12 schools the world around function as propaganda branches of the Chinese government, writes Marshall Sahlins. read more >

AAUP’s Data Show Weakening Protections for Academic Freedom read more >

About three-quarters of all faculty positions are off the tenure track, according to new AAUP analysis. While many now work on multiyear contracts, their academic freedom remains of concern. read more >

Do Universities Value Public Engagement? Not Much, Their Policies Suggest read more >

How 3 Colleges Changed Their Sexual-Assault Practices in Response to a National Survey read more >

For U. of Virginia’s Miller Center, a Reckoning in the #MeToo Era read more >

International Students’ Graduate Enrollment Is Down, Study Finds. Some Say U.S. Policy Is to Blame. read more >

'Women must veil their form': Law school dean resigns after his writings spark backlash read more >

Education Department says it won't meet November deadline to overhaul borrower-defense and gainful-employment rules, raising the stakes for legal challenges to the Obama-era regulations. read more >

A conservative professor is under fire for comparing -- facetiously, he says -- Judge Brett Kavanaugh's alleged actions to "spin the bottle," and for suggesting limiting judicial nominees to rapists. Students say his words are dangerous, but he thinks he's collateral damage in the culture wars. read more >

For a few weeks, a Christian university allowed romance without sex for gay and lesbian couples. But the Board of Trustees says it never approved the change and restored the ban. read more >

Colleges are routinely accused of intolerance toward nonliberal views. One university did all it could to ensure that a literal poster boy for white supremacy got his degree. read more >

As Kavanaugh Allegations Widen, Elite-College Alumni Recall Harassment From Decades Past read more >

Why Did These Scholars Suddenly Find Their Twitter Accounts Suspended? read more >

‘This Is Much More Important’: How Professors Taught the Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing read more >

Scores of full-time, non-tenure-track instructors were promoted last year under a recognition and reward system at Penn State. read more >

His social media posts raise questions of professional responsibility, sexism and free expression. read more >

Students flood Maryland-Baltimore County administration building to demand new policies around campus sexual assault. read more >

Incident at UMass is the latest in which the police are called on nonwhite people on campus, doing nothing wrong at all. read more >