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Until last summer, no Irish university had been led by a woman. Next week, four of 10 universities will be led by women.

Sciences Po, a top French university, faces pressure on sexual assaults. Previous president didn't report allegations of incest against chair of governing board in the 1980s.

Some university leaders are burned out -- and others want to travel to be closer to family members.

The organization has a budget of $1 billion and cannot pay a ransom to regain its files.

Are academics “pretentious fox terriers” or “bad dinner guests”?

Sometimes damage is done when federal agencies simply fail to act in a timely fashion, and, in this case, it’s the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, write Sarah Spreitzer and Terry W. Hartle.

Arrest of MIT professor Gang Chen puts a spotlight on the Department of Justice's controversial China Initiative. Is it making major cases out of minor issues? Is it ethnic profiling?

Military takes action against its critics at universities. Scholars have been detained. Student was killed.