Diti Kohli

Elite universities are taking fewer doctoral candidates after decades of beefing up their research enterprises.

The total number of foreign students was up last school year, but the amount they spend in the Commonwealth fell.

Less-selective colleges, including UMass Boston, are diversifying where they recruit foreign students from after seeing declines this fall.

The state collected almost $3 billion last year under the Fair Share Amendment, but only about 10 percent of it was allocated to higher education in the state budget.

Local universities rely on the agency in order to disburse financial aid disbursement, create new programs, or merge with other institutions. Now, they're scrambling.

Harvard University enrolled fewer Black and Latino freshmen — and more Asian American students — in its incoming class this fall, a sign of a growing demographic shift.

Policy whiplash has left millions of borrowers unsure of how to repay their unpaid loans and who to ask for help.

MIT president Sally Kornbluth said the university’s practices already “meet or exceed” the federal government’s list of demands.

At Emerson, the same financial challenges facing small schools across the country are coming to a head alongside a fiery debate on campus about what the college stands for.

After Julia Phan was found dead in Ran Duan’s house on New Year’s Day, the online culture that fueled his rise turned against him.