One afternoon last fall, a class full of Amherst seniors forgot I was there. In the 19th-century octagonal room where I taught my course on fiction, they were deep in an argument about the tempestuous ...

All that matters is whether the SEC and Big Ten agree. Momentum around a potential 24-team College Football Playoff has accelerated in recent weeks, with the ACC, Big 12 and Notre Dame now joining the ...

Kourtney Iman King for The New York TimesCredit... Supported by By Skylar Mitchell Ms. Mitchell is a writer and communications strategist. It’s the time of year when high school seniors walk across ...

As some college Republicans invite white nationalists into their organizations, other young conservatives have recoiled. The divide could affect upcoming elections. By Stephanie Saul When students ...

Step within the stone gates of a liberal arts college, and it’s easy to see the appeal: small classes and sprawling lawns, neo-Gothic architecture and modern amenities. When such institutions were ...

Lamont Newell is 17 years old, holds a 4.4 GPA, and has been accepted to 65 colleges, including Notre Dame, Dartmouth and Columbia University, where he will study industrial engineering on a full ...

Highlights of Python 3.15, now available in beta, include lazy imports, faster JITs, better error messages, and smarter profiling. The first full beta of Python 3.15 ...

College football coaches are moving forward in favor of maximum playoff expansion -- potentially to 24 teams -- along with several other sweeping changes across the sport, Yahoo Sports reported ...

This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. A few weeks ago, while I was dealing with taxes, it occurred to me that the money my wife and I were putting ...

As a first-generation college student, my diploma meant the world to me, even before I had it in hand. Being the first in my family to obtain a degree wasn't just a personal achievement; it was a ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Photo: Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press/Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters/ I was watching the ...

One California university managed to crack the top 25 list of "most conservative" colleges in the country. Biola University, a Christian university located outside Los Angeles, was ranked No. 24 out ...