Northwestern hosted the Association of Big Ten Students winter conference over the weekend, drawing student delegates from Big Ten universities to discuss issues including mental health, sexual assault...

The U.S. Department of Education will award more than $2 million to the Program of African Studies at Northwestern and its consortium partner at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The four-year education...

Northwestern is one of three universities that received a nearly $5 million collective grant to create a new national center focused on examining how leaders in education use research to make their decisions. The...

Although Northwestern policies have protected students from discrimination against gender identity since 2009, NU administrators are reviewing these policies following a new federal guidance document...

Illinois was granted a waiver April 18 from the No Child Left Behind Act, joining 42 other states exempted from punishment if schools do not meet standards set by the law, which include a demonstrated...