Chronicle of Higher Education

Energy analysts see few downsides for campus utility operators, but climate activists disagree.

Donald W. Zacharias, who led Mississippi State from 1985 to 1997, died on March 2. Read about that and other deaths.

Richard L. Revesz will lead a new institute at New York University focused on cities and the urban environment.

Ariel Ilan Roth is the new executive director of the Israel Institute, which will encourage American universities to do more research on Israel.

While expressing concern about the working conditions of the growing ranks of their contingent colleagues, those with tenure prefer to keep governance to themselves.

Some administrators say the position must shift with the changing model for college libraries.

Teachers and students alike say they like the addition of more low-tech face-to-face interaction.

But after decades of neglect, the higher-education system will need "millions and millions of dollars" to get up to speed, one expert warns.

The bill would make some changes that community colleges want, but some say it would go too far in eliminating or consolidating job-training programs.

Critics have faulted the NYU president as autocratic and have raised questions about ambitious projects he is pressing in the city and abroad.

Glimpses of life in academe from around the world.

Double majors tend to gain creative thinking skills, two researchers say, and they do so largely on their own, despite obstacles put in their way by academe.

Hamid A. Shirvani, who has led the university system for less than a year, has been at the center of skirmishes with legislators, students, and campus chiefs.

It would be "irresponsible" to name a president at a time when the university's accreditation is at risk, the chairman of the university's board said.

More than 40,000 medical-school students and graduates, the most ever, vied to land training positions at teaching hospitals.

The Education Department is improving its College Navigator, Financial Aid Shopping Sheet, and College Scorecard, even as use of the tools expands.

As technology helps blur national borders, universities must work harder to demonstrate their distinctiveness, presidents said at a conference in Hong Kong.

Leaders agree on the urgent need to improve student access to courses. But some are wary of the hopes placed on new technology.

Gina M. Smith, a former sex-crimes prosecutor in Philadelphia, has advised many colleges on how to better handle sexual-assault accusations.

The proposal is a response to borrowers' laments over the complexity of loans, confusion of the servicers, and inadequacies of the complaint process.