The elite university's refusal to bargain with a student union could have far-reaching consequences.

The real intellectual crisis in higher education is not over free speech, but the quality of speech.

The education secretary's latest move is another favor to for-profit colleges.

The country has a long, maddening history with for-profit colleges—and the blame is bipartisan.

A majority of Republicans think colleges and universities are bad for the country. That has consequences for all Americans.

The intimidation campaign against me after I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show is all too common. I kept my college teaching job, but other professors aren't so lucky.

Disinviting right-wing provocateurs isn't a suppression of free speech. It's a value judgment in keeping with higher education's mission.

After 2016, every liberal likes the idea. But proposals in New York and Rhode Island are running into unexpected turbulence.

Conservative speakers like Milo Yiannopoulos and Charles Murray are rewarded for provocation, not quality of thought.

He hasn't yet promised money to help historically black colleges, but some school leaders say his outreach is an improvement over Obama's.

Campus life has been increasingly riled by controversies over perceived offenses. An administrative culture is partly responsible.

Democrats repeatedly stumped Trump's pick for education secretary.

Sara Goldrick-Rab’s new book lays bare the extent of the student debt crisis.

Progressive columnist Nicholas Kristof's new hobbyhorse only contributes to the enduring strain of anti-intellectualism in American politics.