In this Bates College course, students learn what fuels conspiracy theories, how they amass influence, and how to combat them.

Released from prison and back in the college-consulting business, Rick Singer is chippy, driven, and — he promises — squeaky clean.

Two years after a board takeover, the left-leaning liberal arts college is gaining students and losing some of its granola appeal.

On paper, student teaching evaluations make a lot of sense. Who is better positioned to say whether a professor did a good job than the students who took the course? But dig a little deeper, and there’s good reason to question whether colleges should be relying on teaching evaluations as much as they do. Listen now.

Jon Shields, a right-leaning professor at Claremont McKenna College, says young conservative activists are missing out on the movement’s rich intellectual tradition.

From the Trump administration’s unnerving first days to the recent mass layoffs, Education Department employees describe shortsighted dismissals and a workplace defined by paranoia and intimidation.

An immigration lawyer says the Trump administration has trampled on free speech, but that “there’s still time to stand up.”

Fed up with what they see as illiberalism in higher ed, conservatives are pushing for centers devoted to classics and American civics.

Long a third rail of campus politics, parking inspires raging debates that are about far more than fees, fines, and crowded lots.