Facilities

After a shooting spree last week killed three students, officials wrestled with how to make the campus feel safe, when to resume operations, and how to handle the media. Here’s what they told us.

The university’s 50-year agreement with two private companies has devolved into an alleged breach of contract.

Pennsylvania’s higher-ed landscape faces steep challenges. Its large number of colleges relative to its traditional-age student population is a big reason.

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The University of California at Santa Barbara’s massive dormitory project, criticized for its windowless rooms, will shed two floors — and arrive later than expected.

UCLA is buying a defunct college campus, and the state is committing billions of dollars to new housing projects.

Here’s a primer on race-conscious admissions practice as two cases head to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The University of California’s flagship campus needs to grow, but that requires a delicate dance — welcoming many more students, as long as they don’t linger.

For HBCUs, whose students are at greater risk of housing insecurity and homelessness, the housing crunch follows decades of inequitable funding.