"Free tuition" is a simple promise that some researchers, like Sara Goldrick-Rab now at Temple University, believe would motivate more working class students to dream of college and actually make it through. read more >

Even as long-neglected maintenance threatens to further escalate the price of higher education, universities continue to borrow and spend record amounts on new buildings. read more >

“We took the strike-authorization vote. When are we going to fight, if not now?” read more >

“Students’ backgrounds tended to shape what they got out of the course. For minority students, the dialogue did little to reframe their thinking. It did, though, give them an opportunity to trade perspectives and bond with other students, in a room where others looked like them. But for many white students, hearing about their classmates’ experiences upended their assumptions.” read more >

“College leaders could and should be doing far more to promote the use of free, openly licensed materials, to prevent publishers from treating students ‘like walking cash registers.’” read more >

Universities are discovering that keeping low-income students in school takes more than financial aid. read more >

“It's very important that whatever we do will be a deep understanding of what as a college we need and what we stand for in the long run.” read more >

U.S. Education Secretary John King will argue that interactions with children from different backgrounds prepare students for the workforce. read more >

“It is more effective to sanction or censure the campus administration because they are the ones who have more of a long-term interest in trying to get off the list.” read more >

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s decision in Fisher v. University of Texas significantly undermines the very goals the court hopes to achieve, argues George A. Nation III. read more >

"Many observers expected a 4-to-3 decision striking down the Texas policy, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy serving as the swing vote. Instead, he wrote the majority opinion in the case." read more >

Most departing faculty members leave quietly, but some make their dissatisfaction public. read more >

"The attacks are not going to stop," Howard J. Bunsis, chairman of the AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress read more >

“I tell our LGBTQ students, faculty, staff, and alumni this: You are not alone. Your university stands with you.” read more >

Colleges in the area try to reassure students. Press reports say two victims were students. Nationwide, attack on gay club prompts vigils, discussion and sadness. read more >

“This is about persuading institutions to do the right thing with respect to how they admit their students,” Secretary of Education John King said. “This effort is about removing arbitrary obstacles.” read more >

At many colleges, new assistant professors earn close to or even more than long timers. U of Washington is trying to do something about it -- and finding out how hard it is. read more >

The number of appointments made at counseling centers has grown at more than seven times the rate of institutional enrollment. read more >

"At the average institution, almost half of students who enroll and have to take out loans won’t earn a degree within six years." read more >

Colleges that accommodate transgender students by letting them choose preferred names and pronouns find their efforts hindered by out-of-date software and federal reporting requirements. read more >