A summer and fall teach-out should ensure remaining Hampshire College students will be able to either complete or make progress on their degrees before the campus closes.

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.

The four million high school students graduating this spring will be among the last big graduating classes higher education can count on for years.

Christopher L. Augostini takes the helm at Emory University while Tufts Provost Caroline Attardo Genco becomes the first female president at the University at Buffalo.