Sara Hebel

July could end up being one of the worst months American higher education has experienced.

As college enrollments have fallen in recent years, so has student borrowing — especially sharply at for-profit colleges, which have gone through a tumultuous decade. They may now be on the rebound.

#BlackInTheIvory tells black academics: You are not alone. It tells everyone else: It’s time to act.

The U. of Minnesota’s student body president says higher ed needs to do more to fight racism.

In a city like Appleton, Wis., knowing the mayor means you can get more done, even if you don’t always agree.

One professor says trustees should shift policies to use large endowments to help their universities in economic crises.

One thing the pandemic is making clear is just how porous the borders are between town and gown.

The Education Department is still determining whether the money that wealthy universities are giving up can even be redistributed to other colleges.

A lot of that is left up to the colleges so, from a broad, national perspective, those questions of impact could be hard to measure.

Weeks into our global health crisis, here’s how our perspective has changed. Plus, where relief money is headed. And what’s missing in the land-grant college origin story.