At Dartmouth, an Asian-American professor receives unanimous English department backing and is rejected at higher levels.

Website pokes fun at administrative bloat by generating endless job titles and inflated salaries.

Companies spend millions of dollars so colleges can offer their programs online. 2U says data can tell the company if the investment will be worth it.

In the Middle East and North Africa, many researchers don't boast about their findings, explains one expert.

Supporters of academic publishing worry about what Northern Illinois U may decide about a small press that punches above its weight in scholarship.

Colleges around the country are adding facilities and adopting policies designed to help transgender students.

The State University of New York at Buffalo has made big gains on its graduation rates, thanks in part to a "Finish in 4" pledge that features real commitments by students and the university alike.

Recent incidents at DePaul and UC Irvine raise the question of what obligations a college has to make sure that protesters -- while objecting to an event -- can't shut it down or block its ideas from being heard.

As a model for a federal initiative, she points to a program she helped start in Arkansas.

Chancellor's smartphone action during recent graduation ceremony sparks conversation about academics' etiquette and netiquette (and lack thereof).