The Futures Initiative, a program under the office of the executive vice president, hosted a panel Thursday — titled “University Futures: A President’s Panel” — between four university and college presidents. Moderated by President Jim Ryan, the panelists discussed the prospective futures of each of their institutions, with an emphasis on increasing interdisciplinary teaching opportunities […]

Liberal arts college leaders attending The Presidents Dinner in D.C. are tangled in a Catch-22 balancing First Amendment protections. But dialogue and learning to listen are seen as solutions.

Higher education advocates in Latino communities say they are optimistic about a new federal effort to support hundreds of local colleges and universities. Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, which are not-for-profit schools with a full-time equivalent undergraduate student enrollment that is at least a quarter Hispanic, are vital to the goals of equality in educational and […]

Time-strapped students juggling full-time jobs and other external obligations can accomplish more in half the time with this innovative academic scheduling approach, argues this dean of academic success.