Revamping how leaders approach faculty affairs is essential for an institution's vitality in the face of political hostility, decline in spending power and poor public perception.

In state after state, fast-growing, traditionally liberal college counties like Dane are flexing their muscles, generating higher turnout and ever greater Democratic margins. They’ve already played a pivotal role in turning several red states blue — and they could play an equally decisive role in key swing states next year. Name the flagship university — […]

President Biden’s first student loan forgiveness plan lasted 10 months from its proposal to death by Supreme Court. His next one could take much longer to even implement, let alone challenge. The new plan will be subject to a lengthy rulemaking process under the Higher Education Act (HEA), potentially leaving the fate of relief up in […]

Two prominent departures at top universities this month have a common link: inquisitive student journalists. The back-to-back revelations have highlighted the important role of college newspapers in holding to account the powerful institutions that house them. “I think it’s pretty clear that without our reporting, this report wouldn’t have come around,” said Theo Baker, the […]