Liberal education advocates discuss ways to "reclaim" conversations about academe -- in part by not using the term "liberal arts."

While competency-based education is spreading gradually, interest and optimism about it remain high, and experts say careful growth is best.

U of Illinois Faculty Senate is considering what to do about students who want to disrupt classes over political disagreements with professor.

High tuition fees for distance education courses are keeping some community colleges in Colorado afloat. But should rural students pay the price?

Higher ed lobby says new regulations governing campus handling of sexual misconduct complaints would create a quasi-legal system that would burden colleges and infringe on the rights of students.

Association finds former tutor completed classwork -- and full online courses -- for 12 athletes, but without university's encouragement or detection. Missouri vows to appeal "harsh and inconsistent" decision.

New efforts on campus focus on ways to capture what students learn outside class -- and how to communicate it to employers.

Colleges and universities in Virginia and elsewhere, struggling with histories tied to slavery and the Confederacy, are forced by the scandal involving the governor's yearbook to consider the spewing of hatred in contemporary times.

Heather Hiles, an entrepreneur and Gates Foundation alum, will lead the new institution, launching this fall with competency-based certificate programs for the state's adults.

The smallest art colleges are struggling in a fiercely competitive market. Why are they showing such signs of stress? And can larger liberal arts colleges learn from their successes and missteps?