Higher Education

St. Louis University announced that Edward Feser will be the new president starting in July 2025. The current president, Fred Pestello, had announced his plan to retire in June 2025.

Harris-Stowe State University is no longer at risk of losing its accreditation after an independent review found the school had made improvements to help student performance.

The budget deficit is largely due to a sharp drop in international student enrollment this year.

This year, St. Louis-area public and private colleges are sending graduating high school seniors acceptance letters even though the students never applied. The direct admission program is in seven Missouri schools this semester.

On the first day of school, high numbers of freshman at the University of Missouri led to standing room only in some classes and makeshift dorm rooms.

The University of Missouri filed a petition to remove the racial and ethnic criteria on at least 53 donated scholarships and funds across its four campuses.

Not much has changed in how universities react to protests on campus. Here’s why one professor finds that problematic.

For many in the Class of 2024, this year's commencement ceremony will be a first. That’s because they’re also the Class of 2020, and the coronavirus pandemic canceled — or dramatically scaled back — their high school ceremonies.

The Senate begins work Tuesday on Missouri’s roughly $50 billion state budget, with questions still swirling around renewing a tax that funds Medicaid and a GOP infighting that could derail the process.

Total enrollment increased by more than 3,000 during his tenure.