confronting cost

In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday, Senator Elizabeth Warren urged federal education officials to crack down on this country's largest college accrediting organization.

University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan says the five-campus system will wait until the Massachusetts state budget is finalized before deciding whether to raise tuition and fees.

A report released by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education on Wednesday projects the rate at which Massachusetts residents earn college degrees will shift from growth to decline by 2022.

The University of Massachusetts Boston, facing a $22 million budget gap, is moving to cut hundreds of teaching positions before the Fall 2016 semester.

Following a unanimous decision by its Board of Directors, the University of Massachusetts announced Wednesday it will divest its endowment from direct holdings in fossil fuels.

A new report out from a Boston-based think-tank argues that the University of Massachusetts Amherst is admitting too many out-of-state students and undermining its public mission.

The Obama administration has unveiled its new overtime rule, which will make more than four million workers eligible for extra pay. The rule would have big implications for employees at colleges and universities, and college presidents worry it carries unintended consequences.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has been pushing his new plan to make two years of community college free for some Boston Public School graduates. But few students will be eligible for the program.

Part-time professors at New England’s largest university reached a three-year contract settlement with administrators on Thursday -- two months after voting to form a union. Under the deal, more than 800 part-time faculty at Boston University will see higher wages and improved job security, an agreement that could serve as a model for other part-time college professors.

Public research universities educate 75 percent of all undergraduates in this country. But over the past decade, state appropriations to flagship research universities have plummeted 34 percent. Now public research universities have found an unlikely advocate.