Nearly 600 people impacted by changes to the federal government, from the shutdown to layoffs, registered for a day of free ...

W hen Laurence Veysey’s The Emergence of the American University was published in 1965, it was quickly recognized as a landmark in the history of higher education. The book, Veysey’s first, sketched ...

Sylvia Burwell has announced her intent to step down as president of American University, at the end of this academic year. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Add two more names to the list of ...

American University announced that this will be Sylvia Burwell's final year as president of the institution. In a video published on AU's Instagram page, Burwell, the first woman to serve as the ...

It’s not easy to be a Jew at an American university today. As one student tearfully explained to me, “We’re exhausted and we’re beleaguered and no one seems to understand.” University administrators ...

Once again this fall, about 1 million international students — and it would be more, if we let them in — have flocked to American colleges and universities. Indeed, it seems that what the world still ...

WASHINGTON — American University said a "very small number" of employees were laid off, two days after the college's student news organization reported that around 40 people were quietly let go at the ...

Editor’s Note (Friday, 7:05 p.m.): American University confirmed Friday morning that the unidentified man who climbed the radio tower has died. The D.C. college called the situation unfortunate and ...

Trump's 'Compact for Academic Excellence' requires universities to agree to principles like political neutrality, merit-based hiring and free discourse.

The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. University leaders responded with an email to the campus ...

Cornell University establishes committee to plan for the future in an ever-changing world ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Cornell is ...

Should science and the humanities in the modern American university get a divorce? That was the argument advanced in these very digital pages by Evan D. Morris, a professor of radiology, biomedical ...