Government

Proposed legislation that would ostensibly revamp Ohio’s public higher education system is so highly contested that observers doubt it will pass anytime soon, even after repeated modifications.

Republican presidential candidates threatened Wednesday evening to cut federal funding from colleges and universities and deport international students who are...

House Republicans want a long-overdue update to the Higher Education Act, but they favor a piecemeal approach, starting with how colleges report foreign gifts and contracts.

Faculty members are alarmed by an Indiana University proposal to spin off an unclear portion of the Kinsey Institute’s operations into a separate nonprofit.

For-profit DeVry University won’t have to pay nearly $24 million to the U.S.—for now—thanks to a court ruling that could hamper the department’s plans to make colleges that mislead their students pay up.

Some states were using welfare program funds intended for low-income parents on scholarships or grants for middle- and high-income students without children.

The plan to create a national online college is a political nonstarter, experts say, but it capitalizes on concerns about price and politics in higher education.