The Justice and Education Departments will encourage the nation’s schools and universities to adopt race-blind admissions policies.

In 2016, less than half of America’s college students voted. Now hundreds of colleges and universities are trying to raise that number.

As many flagship M.B.A. programs struggle to attract a broader array of young professionals, some schools are helping former English and political-science majors prepare for math-intensive coursework before their first semesters.

A life where I am not Indian is a life where I am not myself.

Rolling back existing guidelines doesn’t change the law of the land. But it might convey a message to colleges: “Be very careful.”

The hiring situation for English majors is not so bad, but “not so bad” is not good enough.

For academic researchers, seed funding competitions open opportunities that were once the province of young app developers and M.B.A.s.