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Dear Acting President Shipman,I am writing you an open letter since you have seen fit to communicate the recent decisions of the board of trustees and…

Facing a proposal by congressional Republicans to significantly raise the endowment tax and other major changes for the sector, colleges spent millions of dollars on lobbying…

Historian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to the…

Starting college can be an exciting time for students to learn new things, make friends and live away from home for the first time. But not…

The last time we caught up with Shankar Prasad, he was telling us about his new role as chief strategy officer at Carnegie. Shankar reached out,…

Another academic year is fast approaching, and with it another promotion and tenure cycle in which faculty members will prepare dossiers for promotion. Some, but not…

Young people from deprived families in inner London are going to university at a greater rate than children in other parts of England, even as enthusiasm…

Institutions should be thinking about how all kinds of learners fit into their learning environments and avoid viewing online and in-person courses as distinct environments, according…

Brown agreed to donate $50 million to workforce development programs in Rhode Island. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Brown University has struck a deal with…

Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration that will reinstate nearly $50m in research funding and close several federal investigations into the institution,…