Janet Lorin

Northwestern University is hiring Mung Chiang, the president of Purdue University as its new leader, after its former head, Michael Schill, resigned last year.

Janet Lorin (Bloomberg) -- Achieving alumni status at an institution like the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School or Stanford used

Fast-track ‘alumni’ boom: how short courses at Harvard and Stanford became big business

Short courses aimed at professionals are a helping boost revenue at US universities facing financial crunches.

Antes, para ser exalumno de una institución como la Wharton School de la Universidad de Pensilvania o Stanford era necesario pasar años en el campus y desembolsar cientos de miles de dólares. Ahora, algunos estudiantes pueden agregar escuelas de primer nivel a su currículum tras solo unas semanas y gastando mucho menos dinero.

Almost a decade ago, Scott Wilson, the chief investment officer at Washington University in St. Louis, placed about $50 million of the school’s money in SpaceX.

Princeton University’s endowment is backtracking on its pledge to divest from publicly traded oil and gas companies, four years after it said it would exit such holdings as way to move toward a net-zero portfolio.

Leaders at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have a complex equation to solve: President Donald Trump.

Exam company ACT is being acquired by Educational Testing Service, which once created SAT test questions and formerly scored the college admissions test on behalf of the College Board.

Brown University had the outlook on its credit rating lowered to negative on Thursday by Moody’s Ratings, which cited expense pressures facing the institution.