Government

Academics running classes on the U.S. leader must grapple with fast-changing dynamics and the fear of provoking the world’s most powerful man.

Virginia’s Democratic governor-elect has called on the University of Virginia to wait to hire a new leader until she appoints new board members in January.

The Commission for Public Higher Education has received letters of intent from colleges in four Southern states as it works toward federal approval and rebuts allegations of partisanship.

Undocumented students, represented by civil rights groups, are trying to intervene in cases in which the federal government and state officials agreed to end their in-state tuition benefits.

Protests of a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley, campus Monday sparked arrests and investigation announcements...

Some Education Department employees were deemed essential, so colleges and universities will see little change once the government reopens. Policy experts are less confident that laid-off employees will be able to return to work.

The pushback, which arose Monday, is part of an ongoing debate about how much flexibility the Trump administration has to move money around.

Higher education institutions are implementing creative solutions to ensure college students don’t go hungry, even as the federal government moves toward reopening.