June 24, 2016

Louisville, Ky., wants to be known for sending its kids, all of them, to college. And it has a plan to make that happen.

High-profile defections stoke rumors of a mass exit, but even if professors aren’t fleeing in droves, there’s plenty of maneuvering behind the scenes.

How web analytics fueled Trump’s rise.

Trump’s campaign has become a referendum on what it means to be an American.

Forget democracy. What we need is epistocracy, where voting power is accorded by competence and knowledge.

Trump says what angry voters think.

Too long have elites dismissed the political reflexes of impoverished whites.

Thucydides and Plato warned us about this guy.

New library leaders at Vanderbilt, Princeton, and the University of Virginia are ushering the past into the future.

It’s not that students don’t work hard to do well, a lecturer learns; it’s just that they are not studying in the most effective way.

Colleges in Florida and Pennsylvania mourn students killed in the Orlando shooting. A six-month sentence for a former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault sparks outrage. And the Department of Education comes down hard on an accreditor of for-profit colleges.

This campaign is proving wrong decades of research on evangelicals.

Drew Gilpin Faust reviewed ethical violations for the scholarly association of a newly diverse discipline.

Top Chief Executives American Public University system, Karen Powell Birmingham-Southern College, Linda Flaherty-Goldsmith Carolinas College of Health Sciences, T. Hampton Hopkins Davis & Elkins College, Chris Wood Emory University, Claire Sterk Florida Institute of Technology, T. Dwayne McCay…

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Michael Kazin, Jill Lepore, Harvey Mansfield, Alan Wolfe, and others offer an election-year curriculum.

Brigham Young searches for a sexual-assault plan that respects both its students and its principles.

Most college towns have a club like Orlando’s Pulse. Gay bars play a role that campus pride clubs do not, offering a haven where LGBT students can feel totally free. That’s why, for many, the tragedy in Orlando feels like a violation of sacred space.

In the aftermath of the shooting rampage at an Orlando nightclub, gay students are seeking safe spaces. That’s where resource centers come in.

Decades after colleges embraced courses that students could take at their own pace, the trend is toward synchrony once again.

The first-of-its-kind measure may not end hazing, but it has the potential to change campus conversations about such behavior, experts said.

We take pleasure in Trump’s clowning, nevermind the civic stakes.

Kayaks and gorgeous views. A cellphone tower. A Starbucks not so far away. When recruiting students and faculty members, colleges in remote locations count unusual assets as part of their appeal.

Convicted of assault, banned from campus, and sentenced to jail, this ex-Stanford student could tell white males about the consequences of drinking and promiscuity.

It’s not just because of their size. It’s because someone is falling down on the job.

You may never be as funny, approachable, or creative as your favorite teacher — the key is to try.

Ian Bickford, the provost of Bard College at Simon’s Rock, describes what it’s like to run a college whose students never finished high school.