Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is scheduled to speak at Northeastern Illinois University today, a visit that is prompting outrage as students say they feel unsafe, and both students and faculty organize a protest and host an alternative teach in.

Most public flagship universities are failing to meet the financial needs of low- and middle-income students, a report finds, and are overly subsidizing wealthier students.

American universities, used to taking the long view of history, seem to see the current era of rock-bottom interest rates as one that may not come around again for another century.

Academia has gone green in a big way in recent years, but some doubt whether it will make much difference to the planet.

The University of California, Berkeley is hosting a Marxist-themed course.

The University of the Cumberlands will begin a free textbook loan program next year for on-campus students only.

Two public universities in Florida are hosting “Drag Queen Story Hours” as part of their initiative to promote gender inclusion.

The term “big data” has permeated society without much clarity for many about what it means.

Sociologists and more than a dozen other professional groups take a stand against using student evaluations of teaching as a primary measure of teaching effectiveness.

Hugh Jackman's embezzlement drama Bad Education has debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival with apt timing, as the sharply executed film offers parallels to scandals currently playing out in American colleges.