Rebecca Koenig

Who's got students' backs when they step off campus?

When Rolling Stone apologized for "discrepancies" in a gruesome and galvanizing story of a gang rape at the University of Virginia, members of a first-year English-composition class at the university were among the first to know.

The Red Cross style of ombudsman may be a diversion from dealing with criticism -- or a snare to catch whistle-blowers before they go public.

A claim by the American Red Cross that it was contractually prohibited from releasing information about some of its activities in Haiti drew fire from some nonprofit leaders, who say such contracts are a handy way to block disclosure without good cause.

$162 billion is controlled by 232 foundation board members. They're 72 percent white, 63 percent men, and 22 percent have Harvard degrees, according to a Chronicle analysis.

Interactive data story about how American communities with high standards of living often don’t have high charitable giving rates.

States along the West Coast and in the Northeast tend to have laws that favor workers.

While New York and San Francisco have long been expensive places to conduct business, groups in metropolitan areas such as Denver and Seattle are also feeling the heat as landlords ramp up their asking price per square foot.