Institutions

Long Island University, facing enrollment and programming cuts, is building a vet school even though its faculty members are dubious and New York State already has one at Cornell.

A more affordable and effective pathway to a bachelor's of science degree in nursing may be apprenticeship.

Roman Catholic colleges are rescinding honorary degrees and renaming buildings in response to grand jury investigation into sex abuse and cover-ups. Marquette's former president asks that building honoring him be renamed.

Columbia students and alumni protest a resignation that they say was forced.

Officials at Boston’s Bunker Hill Community College are finding that students are more likely to re-enroll in learning communities that offer mentors and additional advising.

Tennessee's tuition-free community college program is proving popular with adults.

AAUP releases a nondisclosure agreement professors must sign that appears to bar them from sharing much of anything or criticizing the program after they leave.

Worries rise about the university's financial situation and accreditation -- plus recent events in which professors say the faculty was "blatantly disregarded" and "the Faculty Senate mocked."