Like many flagships, the University of Kansas is a liberal enclave, separated from many of the communities it was created to serve. What responsibility do those campuses have to make the bubble more porous?

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Can democracy work if the people don’t care about the truth?

Conspiracy theories have gone from the margins to the heart of public life.

Waging war against fake news has its perils.

Why the fake-news problem means the social-network giant can no longer run away from politics.

The truth suffers when search algorithms become our educators.

We are churning out entitled students with paltry knowledge and inflated egos, easy prey for propagandists.

What becomes of the public when truth becomes just another consumer preference?

No academic department is an island, and that’s doubly true for the university library of the future.

Rutgers, for example, runs a leadership-development institute — for graduate students.

Through a University of Georgia program, Sheneka Williams hopes to enter higher-education administration.

To build pools of potential leaders, colleges are trying to change the negative ways administrative roles are viewed, and give faculty members structured opportunities to learn behind the scenes.

A veteran professor-turned-dean who wanted to bring light to “the dark side” explains what worked for him.

When failure is inevitable, planning becomes crucial: How much cash is available, and how long will it last?

The 25 most-selective private nonprofit institutions all had much higher yield rates than did such institutions over all.

As the president-elect prepares to take office, many questions remain about his education policies. But his rhetoric is already having an impact on campuses.

The University of Miami’s provost was appointed George Washington University’s president, and Harvard’s Title IX officer will direct the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.

George Ciccariello-Maher, the Drexel University professor who caused a furor by tweeting “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide,” says academe must brace for the fight of its life.

The state is one of several where legislation has been introduced that would restrict transgender people’s bathroom choice.

Trump’s nominee for education secretary has a long history of wielding influence outside of government and behind the scenes.

Shaun Harper says Mr. Trump’s victory in the presidential election means college officials can no longer doubt that racism still exists and can appear on their campuses.