Research Universities

With trust in higher ed falling, higher ed needs to reimagine whom it serves and how, Taylor Randall writes.

Twenty Hispanic-serving research universities are banding together to increase the number of Latino graduate students and professors at their institutions.

Lucinda Coulter writes that future engineers and scientists need a robust English department, too.

Jody Greene turns to an ancient parable for insights into the tension over the mission and priorities of these crucial institutions.

Some seem to rely on out-of-state high schools -- many of them private -- without many nonwhite students, study finds.

Facing criticism from the president and a warning from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Princeton, Stanford and -- eventually -- Harvard say they won't take millions in stimulus funds to help their needy students.

Many colleges have pulled back on lobbying Congress. But with talk of earmarks coming back, will higher education institutions start spending big on K Street lobbyists again?

Association of American Universities offers coveted invitations to Dartmouth, University of Utah and the University of California, Santa Cruz.