Among other priorities for the Lumina Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are competency-based education, improving quality assurance, and removing barriers to student progress.

Investors in a Silicon Valley company called Rafter pulled the plug on it on Friday, and its college customers are now in what one described as "crisis-management mode."

Some observers dismiss a year of bad returns as of little consequence for the world’s richest university. Others see a cautionary tale over how elite institutions use and invest their endowments.

A state-budget stalemate means the colleges haven’t seen permanent funding in over a year. Administrators now wonder if the crisis will reverberate for years to come.

Three of the system's chancellors discuss the potential benefits and consequences of a Republican-backed measure that, starting in 2018, will slash tuition at their universities.

As public institutions in Illinois fall victim to budget gridlock, experts say short-term funding makes it difficult for administrators to plan for the future.

Dowling, St. Catharine, and Burlington Colleges have plenty of company in financial peril. But small-college leaders say the institutions that shut down may be victims of unusual circumstances, not harbingers of certain doom.

With an ugly legislative battle about to enter its second year, higher education is caught in the crossfire. Public-college leaders describe how they plan to move forward without clear expectations for state support.

Criticizing plans to rename the university's law school for Justice Antonin Scalia, the Faculty Senate called for the suspension of a pact between the school and the Charles Koch Foundation.

The celebrity businessman and ed-tech mentor says education "is a mess." He hopes to help turn it around with investments in start-ups and sharp criticism of bloated administration, glitzy facilities, and "easy money" in student loans.

Mentorship tools and college-to-career services dominated the buzz at a gathering of ed-tech companies, investors, and educators.

Skilled craft workers, including electricians and plumbers, were among the best-compensated hourly employees of colleges and universities, according to a survey released on Monday.

Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s governor, has called for the state to shift $485 million of its contribution to the university system onto New York City. But the city has balked, leaving faculty members concerned.

The university, in Roanoke, Va., has avoided the pitfalls that other small colleges have faced.

Like many campus stores, UNC Student Stores has seen declining revenue. The options include outsourcing it and turning it into an e-commerce operation.

Northwestern University’s remarkable year illustrates how one blockbuster donation can lead to another.

Private institutions whose nest eggs exceed $1 billion are the focus of lawmakers’ questionnaires.

For a third consecutive year, state money increased by a modest amount, though some states are still spending less than they were five years earlier.

As a monthslong budget deadlock drags on, college officials say it’s only a matter of time before some institutions will have to restructure themselves — or close.

The $95.5-million deal that the company reached with the government and whistle-blowers makes no specific provision to help students who took out federal loans to attend the company’s colleges.

A third of the colleges that responded to an annual Chronicle survey didn’t meet their enrollment or revenue goals this year. For some, the time has come to make hard choices.