Higher-education advocates question the intense focus on metrics, return on investment, and work-force preparation.

Justice Antonin Scalia drew widespread condemnation by raising the idea that black students might fare better at "less-advanced" colleges. Scholars have been studying — and debating — the "mismatch" theory he referenced for years.

As the justices heard oral arguments on race-conscious admissions, protesters discussed links between college access and the demonstrations over racial climate that have recently roiled campuses.

On many campuses, students, not professors, are the ones pushing for change.

The university wants to allow departments to set the upper limit on stipends. But critics say the move violates a long-held principle at Madison of "equal pay for equal work."

Studies suggest that when minorities account for 35 percent of the student body, a campus’s climate improves. But researchers hesitate to endorse a specific figure for diversity goals.

With many Muslim students fearing for their safety in a contentious political climate, Muslim professors and students say their roles as campus leaders are shifting before their eyes.

Thanks to educators and pastors, fear of Muslims is steadily taking root in Christian theology.

But don’t distort research results in a quest to tame the misogyny of gaming.