EXECUTIVE POSITIONS

Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities are tired of waiting for results as an FBI investigation into campus bomb threats continues.

For three weeks, Whitworth University stayed mostly mum about network and website outages, prompting speculation about ransomware and frustrating professors and students. Wednesday it acknowledged a cyberattack.

A new report claims more poor students than ever are enrolling in the nation's colleges and universities, but a disproportionate number are attending less selective or open-access institutions, which may hinder their chances for success.

New report says federal agencies should improve public awareness of food assistance programs to help combat hunger among college students.

Converting for-profit colleges to nonprofits may not be the solution to saving failing campuses.

At same time, gaps between underrepresented minority students and everyone else are narrowing.

Budget controversies prompt complaints of censorship of protest boulders, demands for more financial information, questions about athletic deficits and demands for president's resignation.

New survey data challenge perceptions about first-generation college students, showing strong academic engagement and commitment to college. But the group lagged behind their peers in social comfort and resiliency.

After email about strategy to "shut up the bitchers" on the faculty, Southern Illinois University's system president appears likely to be placed on leave. He expresses surprise at the plan.

He has "lost the moral authority to lead the university," says letter from 200 faculty members, in wake of latest scandal.