As a strike of 48,000 academic workers at the University of California—the largest labor action of the year—stretches into a third week, other universities are watching closely. The outcome in California, experts say, could shape a new model for higher education across the country.

Rising from the prairies in the middle of Iowa lies one of the mightiest small private institutions in the nation, Grinnell College. An education at this thinker's paradise offers both prestige and promise for 1,700 undergrads each year who embrace the humanities and liberal arts. In many ways, a degree is almost a golden ticket […]

Institutions in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia brace for wind, rain from the storm this weekend.

Decisions are made at such a pace and amidst such complexity that the reasons behind those decisions often remain opaque.