Brown's Christina Paxson sets a departure date after 15 transformative years, while a former FedEx executive secures the top job at Lane College in Tennessee.

Annual spending on textbooks is about half of what it was two decades ago, fueled by growing demand for digital resources and discounted access programs.

The cyberattack that rocked Canvas last spring offered a stark lesson for higher education: Institutions must move faster on several fronts to stay ahead of emerging threats.

Presidential turnover is often viewed as a leadership problem when, in many cases, it reflects an institutional governance problem.