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UT Austin says it will not accept funding from a foundation after concerns were raised about its connections to the Chinese Communist Party.

The endowment tax is an attack on all colleges and universities, done for explicit ideological reasons to try to pressure institutions to silence leftists and lift up conservatives, argues John K. Wilson.

The number of institutions subject to the newly enacted tax could grow by dozens in future years.

Department of Education proposal would require student borrowers demonstrate an intent on the part of their college to mislead or deceive in order to get loan relief through borrower-defense claims.

Despite unknowns, colleges and universities are looking at investment and spending strategies to dodge a new tax on net investment earnings.

Lisa M. Rudgers and Julie A. Peterson predict the challenges that higher education will face in the coming year.

Small private women's college is cutting more than 10 percent of its faculty as it overhauls curriculum.