A new law taking effect Jan. 1, enacted as SB 1348, creates the first official Black-Serving Institution designation in the country. The designation will be given to qualifying colleges that vow to take a more aggressive approach to address California's systemic obstacles that have kept Black students at the lowest college-going and graduation rates.

Institutional performance management is not just the way out of a crisis; it's to avoid financial exigency in the first place.

Growth in research and development spending hit a 20-year high in higher ed, according to the latest data. Here the top 10 R&D spenders.

President-elect Donald Trump's reelection has raised concerns among international students about potential changes to immigration policies and visa approvals, making them "overwhelmed and stressed" according to a professor and multiple students.