Republicans are pushing for more control over the day-to-day work at colleges and universities. Democrats, meanwhile, broadly support higher education, praising it for its role in improving people’s lives.

Colleges from North Dakota to New Jersey are trying to get students to sign up for A.I. degrees. What they teach varies widely.

Big state universities are defying the notion of a higher education bubble, even as smaller colleges struggle to stay open.

The move follows the DOJ’s recent findings that the medical schools at the University of California, Los Angeles and Yale University illegally used race in their admissions.

Many musicians, filmmakers and artists earn less than the Education Department’s proposed guidelines for alumni, imperiling federal aid for students in those programs.

The city’s current savings plan starts with $100. A City Council proposal would make the initial contributions among the highest anywhere.

Ohio State is grappling with sexual abuse allegations and questions over donor influence as financial pressures mount across higher education.

Chiang has been the president of Purdue University, a fellow Big Ten research institution, since January 2023. A first-generation immigrant, Chiang is set to be NU’s first Asian American president.