Many scholars aren’t sure whether to criticize the list or crack jokes about it. But some professors on the list say their work cuts to the essence of what it means to be an American.

On Thursday you may face some questions on topics that aren’t in your wheelhouse. Here are some tips on answering them.

White support for Donald Trump plunged by 18 percentage points if voters had earned a college degree. Why?

In a long Education Department career, James Manning has been known as a steady hand without partisan proclivities.

Anna Deavere Smith, master of documentary theater, talks about personal narrative, empathy, and colleges’ potential to reach vulnerable students and to disrupt cliques.

Katherine Bergeron, president of Connecticut College, discusses how it revamped its curriculum to help students better connect their experiences in and out of the classroom and to help them develop a broad question to frame their education.

Allison Goldblatt and her family believed that her elite status as a swimmer would pay her way at the college of her choice. But they found out the truth.

Many believe the association’s aid system is flawed — but not in the way you might think.

Student groups are often non-hierarchical, making it easier to mobilize but tougher to pass along institutional knowledge.

Is delivering video courses and short quizzes all it takes to develop knowledge and skills?

America left poorly educated whites behind. Their votes were misguided but understandable.