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Officials at Auburn and Berkeley tried to stop two controversial speakers on campus but ended up reversing their decisions amid First Amendment concerns. Experts say it's difficult for public institutions to meet legal tests and keep speakers from campus.

Andrew Hamilton, president of New York University and an organic chemist, writes of the urgency and importance of tomorrow’s March for Science.

Support for public higher education rose in 33 states and declined in 17 in 2016 -- including a massive drop in Illinois.

Michael T. Raupp explores whether a recent court of appeals decision on sexual orientation discrimination will result in new interpretations.

As consolidation efforts continue, the public university system sets its sights on assessing campus and systemwide administrative costs and performance.

Clawback provisions and residency requirements worry critics, but New York's governor is pushing the big picture.

New York's private colleges and universities don't know what to expect under the state's free tuition program for students attending public colleges.

Universities are caught in a privatization trap that they built themselves and that will be difficult to take apart, argues Christopher Newfield.