Government

Student government leaders and national get-out-the-vote organizations say classes on Election Day are barriers to voting. They want a designated holiday instead and classes replaced with voter engagement efforts.

Byron Stewart describes how he uses shortcuts to help build classroom community and help students who are strangers become a close-knit team.

New research on how some free college programs affect enrollment is promising. But it comes at a time when some of these programs are being scaled back due to the pandemic.

At a time when facts and analysis are devalued or simply ignored, perceptions matter, including how voters perceive the political orientation of colleges, write Terry Hartle and Phil Muehlenbeck.

Reflecting new polling that indicates college-educated white evangelicals are moving away from supporting Trump, many on Christian campuses are struggling to back him.

Experts see a sharp contrast between Trump and Biden when it comes to investments in federal research funding and respect for science itself.

Concerned that their university is portrayed as supporting Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court, faculty sign letter of opposition.

There are Republican ideas to pursue, but most say they don't know what to expect -- except for more attacks on elite institutions.