Educational Leadership

The system is not about lining people up from best to worst and taking the top ones. It’s more like a lottery, says the sociologist Natasha Warikoo.

Liberal arts departments, graduate student aid and even tenured teaching positions are targets as the coronavirus causes shortfalls.

The State University of New York at Oneonta had the worst coronavirus outbreak of any public university in the state.

Reopening universities will accomplish little and endanger many.

Colleges are racing to reconfigure dorms, expand testing programs and establish detailed social distancing rules. And then, what to do about sex?

They’re acting like they exist to protect their endowments, instead of the other way around.

With financial losses mounting the longer campuses are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, securing tuition dollars for next academic year is a to

Today we're starting out with a big question: What would you do if you could start a college from scratch? For most people, this is merely a though

Fewer than a fifth of college presidents are people of color. Ajay Nair, president of Arcadia University, explains why that’s unacceptable, and how he’s diversifying the leadership ranks at his own institution.

And what that has meant for America’s middle-class families

The college admission scandal that involved big bribes, coaches and Hollywood actors grew out of a system that favors rich parents and gives coaches too much leeway in admissions, a scholar argues.

For millions of Americans, getting a four-year degree no longer makes sense. Here’s what could replace it.

Higher education is facing painful disruptions and challenges from online providers, but the emerging need to monitor and continually update knowledge also offers opportunities.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on the “Today” show Wednesday that sending students home after outbreaks is “the worst thing you could do.”

Even before the coronavirus pandemic forced colleges to close their campuses, many were already under financial stress, The Hechinger Report's analysis found.

Millions of families face a question that was once unthinkable.

Some universities are refocusing on engagement with the nation’s founding principles. It’s about time.

There’s no such thing as a dumb question.

We need a serious conversation about the future of America’s universities.

We need more and better graduates. We sure don’t act that way.