Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's.

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President Donald Trump is looking to finalize an agreement with universities after sparring with them for months over research funding and antisemitism on campuses, but his plan includes major changes ...

Three top U.S. universities selected former law school deans as their incoming presidents in recent months — a sign that campuses are seeking out leaders with legal expertise amid a challenging time ...

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Those paying attention over, say, the previous 40 years know that American colleges and universities long ago departed from their core mission, which is to provide undergraduates a liberal education ...

Four Houston-area universities have earned well-deserved recognition in U.S. News & World Report's just-released rankings of ...

Harvard University drops to third place in new Leiden University global research ranking as Chinese institutions dominate top positions worldwide.

Is America’s justice system racist, rotten to the core, and in desperate need of reform? Or does stricter sentencing and increased policing help to keep vulnerable communities safe? One might think ...