As president of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger has quietly - and sometimes not so quietly - taken on a broader role as ambassador.

B. Joseph White seemed like a perfect fit when he was named president of the University of Illinois in 2004.

The endowment downturn at Yale represents a setback of sorts for the money management theories of David F. Swensen, the university’s chief investment officer

Colleges and universities became Exhibit A last week of how quickly the credit crisis is extending beyond Wall Street.

Robert Steven Kaplan may be the equivalent of a fill-in head coach who takes his team to the Super Bowl and wins.

Not many college presidents are as well situated as Erskine Bowles, former White House chief of staff and a director of Morgan Stanley.

Advice to anyone who wants to become a successful (and rich) men’s college basketball coach: Connect to Kansas.

For the second time in a little more than two years, Harvard University has named a new person to oversee its mammoth endowment fund.