Chronicle of Higher Education

Although criticism of international rankings has intensified, reliance on them has expanded, says a report on trends in the controversial field.

Carol L. Folt, an environmental scientist, will become the first woman to lead the University of North Carolina's flagship campus.

The board agreed to turn over records sought by lawmakers and to let the state handle an investigation that critics have called a vendetta against the flagship campus's president.

The university says the professor failed to make clear he spoke for himself on his controversial blog. The professor says the university is violating his free-speech rights.

Under a plan released on Thursday, an interstate reciprocity system would enable colleges to avoid the costly and cumbersome process of gaining state authorization.

The president proposed a 4-percent increase in spending on science, with an emphasis on favored fields that include clean energy and biotechnology.

Advocates for colleges and other nonprofits, who have helped defeat previous attempts to limit tax savings on deductions, geared up to oppose the plan.

The cultural endowments would see their budgets go up by $200,000 each.

The president's proposals include $8-billion for job training at community colleges and rewards for colleges that keep tuition down and meet other goals.

Some academic exchanges would see cuts, although programs to support foreign languages and research would get increases.

As more universities around the world graduate ever-increasing numbers of students with Ph.D.'s, governments are beginning to ask if it is time to slow the production line.

Accreditation might get pulled when American values clash with those of countries where security concerns can override academic ones.

Federal student-loan debt as a percentage of annual income varied by the type of institution students first attended, the Education Department report shows.

College presidents and corporate executives have signed a compact emphasizing the importance to a successful career of a broad, liberal-arts education.

President Obama is expected to propose moving to market-based rates, instead of rates set by Congress. Student advocates are also weighing in with ideas.

The acquisition of the popular reference-management and PDF-organizer platform has spurred skepticism among its 2.3 million users.

Adjuncts can come to the bargaining table, speakers at a conference on academic labor said, but doing so can cost them their jobs.

A panel's report, "Rethinking Pell Grants," calls for new types of grants to promote social mobility for younger students and job training for adults.

Graduate students declared victory after the university's president, Renu Khator, pledged to resolve the issues behind the sit-in.