confronting cost

There’s a lot in the news about college presidents grappling with diversity, race and ethnicity. But Ronald Liebowitz heads a campus established nearly 70 years ago as a national model of ethnic and religious pluralism. This month, Liebowitz became the ninth leader of Brandeis, a private research university that considers social justice central to its mission. 

As part of our series of conversations with leaders in higher education, On Campus' Kirk Carapezza sat down with Liebowitz before his official first day on campus in Waltham. 

Students at the University of Massachusetts can expect higher tuition bills next fall. Confronted with a budget gap of millions, the UMass Board of Trustees today voted to hike tuition across all five campuses by 5.8 percent.

This month, Dr. Paula Johnson officially leaves the field of medicine to become the first African American president of Wellesley College. As part of our series with leaders in higher education, Dr. Johnson sat down with WGBH's Kirk Carapezza during her first day on the job. 

Hillary Clinton spoke at Portsmouth High School Tuesday, receiving Bernie Sander’s endorsement and pushing her revised college affordability plan, which now closely resembles Sanders’ plan.

This summer, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is partnering with a private company to recruit and enroll more international students. The flagship campus is finalizing the deal amid criticism that it's accepting too many out-of-state students.

Not many college presidents come from outside the Ivory Towers. Jeff Weiss, who took the helm at Lesley University on July 1 is one of the few.  

On Thursday, a federal panel recommended that the U.S. Department of Education close one of the country’s largest accreditors of for-profit colleges, bringing it one step closer to shutting down. 

Facing a $22 million budget gap, the University of Massachusetts Boston announced that it may cut hundreds of teaching positions before next semester. Administrators want to meet student demand more efficiently, but these staffing cuts signal something deeper: a national funding and identity crisis in public higher education.

The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), the country's largest college accrediting agency, is being threatened with losing its ability to determine which schools can grant degrees and receive federal student aid. 

The U.S. Department of Education is taking steps to shut down the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, the country’s largest accreditor of for-profit colleges.