Higher Education

The question of quality of life for imprisoned persons is a difficult one.What kind of opportunities do prisoners deserve? And if imprisonment merits any…

Southern Illinois University System president Randy Dunn has now completed his first year in that role. As part of the “St. Louis on the Air” series on…

Mark Lombardi, president of Maryville University, is eager to talk about change.The first recent shift is this: enrollment at Maryville this fall tallies…

In September 2014, Webster University began celebrating its centennial year of providing higher education in the St. Louis region and across the…

Despite a 10 percent decline in state funding since 2010, the University of Missouri-St. Louis continues to excel in offering top-tier educational…

Washington University philosophy professor Claude Evans remembers the day that one of his students leaned back so far in his chair that the chair broke…

From naming local post offices for fallen service members to changing the president’s signature health-care law, area lawmakers are beginning the 114th…

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is proposing that the state’s voters be asked once again to increase the state’s tobacco tax, now among the…

As an aspiring English teacher during her undergraduate studies more than 20 years ago, Michelle Tucker’s ambition was to become a key leader within…

A bipartisan group of senators -- including Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. -- and several victims of sexual violence presented at a press conference on…