Government

The former Cabinet secretary and leader of three universities was defeated by a former TV journalist.

Katherine A. Rowe and A. Benjamin Spencer discuss how college leaders can help restore civil discourse after the election.

A Liberty University think tank pushed the boundaries on political advertising and messaging this year.

Scott McLemee reviews Political Perversion: Rhetorical Aberration in the Time of Trumpeteering by Joshua Gunn.

Ballot measures could change the governance of higher education systems in Nevada and North Dakota. And 11 states will elect governors.

Since the last recession, the U.S. has made little progress on the funding gap for colleges that serve disproportionate shares of students of color. That gap may widen as the country heads into another recession.

This year’s election promises to be unlike any other in modern memory, so we must support students and help channel their feelings into meaningful action, writes Anthony W. Crowell.

Historian John R. Thelin returns to the ’60s, when Biden -- along with the majority of his classmates -- was regular, not radical.