By Dan Bauman Mark Harris for The Chronicle; iStock The Chronicle identified at least nine institutions that have withdrawn larger-than-typical sums of money to stay in compliance with bondholders, cover operations, or even finance capital projects ..read more

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Chronicle Photo by Kate Hidalgo Bellows Protesters on Saturday outside the entrance to Columbia U. Earlier in the week the administration had called in the New York City police to arrest students who had refused to take down an encampment on the university’s South Lawn. On Saturday, protesters on either side of the entrance presented different forms of activism ..read more

By Erin Gretzinger and Maggie Hicks Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock We've documented actions taken on dozens of campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid mounting political pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students ..read more

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows and Sarah Brown Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Title IX compliance is enforced by the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, led by Assistant Secretary Catherine E. Lhamon. After a long delay, the Biden administration has finalized new regulations for handling campus investigations of sexual assault and harassment ..read more

By Maggie Hicks Ken Cedeno, Reuters Nemat (Minouche) Shafik (left), president of Columbia U., testifies on Wednesday before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. President Nemat (Minouche) Shafik said the university has cracked down on both students and faculty. Politicians argued there was still "a significant amount of work to be done ..read more

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows The president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges said that, as a result of Jodi Dean's comments, "there now may be students on our campus who feel threatened in or outside of the classroom ..read more

By Erin Gretzinger After six months of protests, students marched into the office of Pomona College's president and demanded divestment from Israel. G. Gabrielle Starr called the police. Now what ..read more

By Francie Diep The university makes similar arguments as its peers about how standardized-test requirements help disadvantaged applicants ..read more

By Stephanie M. Lee The senate will revisit its 2020 censure after a group of professors said the Hoover fellow wasn’t given due process ..read more

By Sonel Cutler Leaders face a host of challenges navigating what's next for the acres of green space, ready-to-use facilities, and historic architecture that will soon have no occupants ..read more