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Northland College in Wisconsin is seeking a $12 million lifeline from donors to keep its doors open. If it fails to raise the money by April 3, the college will likely close, officials announced Monday.

New Mexico State University identified five finalists for its open presidency last month. But on Monday, the NMSU Board of Regents rejected all five candidates, prompting a do-over on a process that has been ongoing for nearly a year, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

Two University of Pennsylvania professors and the Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine group are suing the private institution, asking a judge to stop it from giving the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce documents for its antisemitism investigation.

The Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI), an organization that promotes dialogue and inclusive environments in higher education, has launched a Leadership Institute to help college presidents and senior administrators improve free expression, inclusion and belonging on their campuses.

Legislative scrutiny of the University of Idaho's plan to buy the for-profit University of Phoenix has ramped up recently as key deadlines for the acquisition near. The University of Idaho’s complicated acquisition of the for-profit University of Phoenix hit another roadblock last week when lawmakers voted to slow the sale, citing financial risks and concerns about how the deal has been handled.

Swimmers, surfers and boaties may notice the ocean rising a little higher at the moment. However, there’s no cause for alarm - it’s just the conjunction of a...

The best way to rebuild confidence in higher ed is to focus on teaching, Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein write. Much has been written about how confidence in higher education has plummeted.

HONG KONG: Chinese stocks mostly traded higher by midday Monday as positive economic data boosted hopes for increasing demand in the consuming sector.

Technology and old-fashioned greed have combined to create a dizzying array of new scams. Almost $200 million was lost to scams in the first 10 months of...

For defenders of campus diversity, equity and inclusion programs, now is the time to fight back, Mathew H. Gendle writes. We are living in an era of escalating politicized actions against diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, as apparent in the recent forced resignations of the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania.