From the Archives: We asked faculty members to share their experiences with student disengagement. More than 100 people wrote in to describe a disconcerting level of disconnection among students, using words like “defeated,” “exhausted,” and “overwhelmed.”

Some Republican lawmakers have threatened to pull funding or enact other consequences if the colleges don't fire employees who criticized Charlie Kirk after his death. Here's a list of who's been fired, suspended, expelled, or disciplined so far.

The Trump administration is trying a new tactic to force Harvard to comply with its demands to provide broad oversight: Tying up the university’s federal student aid dollars through a measure called “heightened cash monitoring.”

As a Texas State associate professor, Thomas Alter spoke about a hypothetical “overthrow” of the U.S. government at a conference. Three days later, he was fired, and he’s now suing the university.

Opinion | Linda McMahon "has no use for dissent, debate, complexity, ambiguity, and uncertainty," argues Leon Botstein

As president of Texas A&M, Mark Welsh tried to please conservatives and faculty. He satisfied neither.

Weeks after Harvard University won a lawsuit to free up federal research dollars the Trump administration had canceled, the Education Department is making it harder for Harvard to get federal student aid money.

From the Archives: Are small, fragile institutions just ill-evolved creatures for the current environment, or is their loss a blow to the biodiversity of higher education as a whole?

They faced giant budget holes. Now, with balanced budgets, they are boasting about it. Here’s what they did and why they are talking about it.

Check out our map showing states where laws have passed since 2023, as well as a roundup of the laws enacted this year.

Job satisfaction has increased for college workers since 2023, according to a survey by CUPA-HR – surprised?

Since Charlie Kirk’s murder on Sept. 10, higher education has come under intense scrutiny due to the reactions of faculty, staff, and students.

In Advice | Students today are swimming in hot takes. They are pressured to declare a stance immediately, even when they have not had time to think. The classroom must be the antidote.

Little money, not enough time: Inside one student parent's college journey.

From the Archives: The many reasons students can't, or won't, work on their own.

The legal status of immigrants and visa holders could be reviewed if they are “praising, rationalizing, or making light” of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a top State Department official warned.

A Delta State University freshman was found hanging from a tree this week. The university's president said he understands the "history" and the "imagery" that would lead people to believe the Black student was lynched, though officials found no evidence of foul play.

The solution to violence isn't less speech — it's better dialogue.

Facing backlash for employees' social media posts, Clemson University stated that the right to free speech does not extend to rhetoric that "incites harm" or “undermines the dignity of others.”

What is really behind Christpher Rufo’s philosophy? In this episode of College Matters we spoke with the conservative activist. Listen now.

From the Archives: Jelani Nelson awoke to an email from the most influential math-education expert in the country. The “sharing of private details about me on social media yesterday is now being taken up by police and lawyers,” she told him. Welcome to America's math wars.

Federal officials cited antisemitism in pulling hundreds of millions of dollars from funding to UCLA. But a new lawsuit says the president is instead trying to remake the university system in his image.

Sometimes we all need a break and a treat. If you've got a sweet tooth and you're near a college campus, here's a reader-recommended list of ice cream shops near campus. Have one to recommend? Let us know!

Opinion | There's not much ideological diversity among student affairs staff. That could be a problem.

Opinion | In a hyperpoliticized moment right-wing fears of indoctrination have returned with a frenzy.

Some Republican lawmakers have threatened to pull funding or enact other consequences if the colleges don't fire employees who criticized Charlie Kirk after his death. Here's a list of where people been fired, suspended, expelled, or disciplined so far.

“The UC administration has taken the perspective of trying to fly under the radar and sort of, you know, not poke the bear or something,” said the UCLA Faculty Association president. “But we're the UC. We are the bear.”

Four candidates. One slot for student body president. And an untold number of complaints filed between them. This is the story of how the pursuit of power at Ohio State University went totally off-the-rails.

Today at #ChronFest25: It’s all about Gen Z. 1. What drives them 2. How they learn 3. What they expect from college Register to watch now: https://chroni.cl/46qKHHO

What makes college transformational? Is it the courses? The interpersonal conflicts students resolve? The financial and logistical hurdles graduates overcome? In our latest special issue, we explore how administrators, professors, and students navigate these challenges. https://chroni.cl/4mhJxUQ

Opinion | John Ganz's "When the Clock Broke" argues that the 1990s were the origin point for our present “politics of national despair.”

Weekly quizzes keep students on top of their reading, allow them to boost their grades, hold them accountable, and ease stress, says one English professor, because grades aren’t reliant on a high-stakes exam.

Opinion | There's nothing discriminatory about Hispanic-serving institutions.

The Education Department announced that HBCUs and tribal colleges will receive a $495-million funding boost after the agency cut MSI grants it considered “discriminatory.”

We’re live at Chronicle Festival 2025! Tune in now to hear from higher-ed leaders, join the Q&As, and connect with peers shaping the future. Register to watch now: http://bit.ly/4n4vmUm.

Opinion | The academic-freedom expert Keith Whittington weighs in on the rash of recent firings.

Clemson University took a stand against faculty speech on Monday. Was it the right one?

Charlie Kirk’s death has stirred a range of emotions among faculty he targeted: sorrow for his family, anger at his ideas, and unease at how the nation is mourning him.

From the Archives: Opinion | Right-wing attacks on American universities, well-meaning and disingenuous alike, have been a staple for at least 70 years. Why are they getting such purchase now?

Opinion | Depending on whom you ask, "viewpoint diversity" is the solution the university needs, or a right-wing plot.

If colleges shy away from speakers with polarizing views on the grounds that it presents a safety risk, one consultant said, “then we start to fail at ... educating people by exposing them to new information from other points of view.”

Opinion | It is time to resist the injustice that now threatens to be normalized by those who capitulate, sometimes in advance, to powers that are clearly willing to destroy the basic principles that protect the university’s independence.

Berkeley’s decision to hand individuals' names to the federal government comes as multiple University of California system campuses face antisemitism investigations.

A tenured professor at Texas State University was fired days after he made remarks at a conference. The university president said the remarks "advocates for inciting violence," although higher-ed legal experts expressed skepticism of the merits and speed of the firing.

A visit to Columbia during the first week of classes offers a glimpse at what’s changed, and what’s stayed the same, after the federal government has hammered at the university.

Opinion | Academic freedom expert Keith Whittington weighs in on recent events in Texas.

Texas A&M's president says an instructor was fired because a course's content didn't align with its description. Academic freedom groups are skeptical, pointing to clear political pressure.

Opinion | We need to acknowledge the real climate of fear — across the political spectrum — on college campuses. Meanwhile, it is practically inevitable that there will be dire policy consequences from Kirk’s assassination.

After Charlie Kirk’s death, everyone on campus was evacuated. Now, students at Utah Valley University question how they can regain a feeling of safety on campus.

This week on our podcast, College Matters, we have breaking news episode on Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University. Kirk was a seminal leader in the modern conservative student movement.