In Taiwan, voters head to the polls on Saturday for presidential and parliamentary elections. The results will be as closely watched in Beijing and Washington as they will be in Taipei. China considers Taiwan a breakaway republic, and President Xi Jinping often speaks of reunification with the island. Nick Schifrin looks at the candidates and the stakes for the vote.

Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party has been elected president of Taiwan, an outcome that will anger China, which views him as a separatist.

The election is about how best to keep the peace and remain independent from China.

As Taiwan heads to the polls this weekend in an election bound to shape its relationship with China, voters are being called to think of Hong Kong.

Cases involving Stanford, Harvard and M.I.T. are fueling skepticism over the thoroughness of research — even from the academic world’s biggest stars.

Because of high costs, some high school graduates have opted to delay, drop out of or forgo attending college altogether to avoid student debt that could hang over them for decades.

The problem is when admirable goals are pursued through illiberal or unconstitutional means.

Not long ago, virtual counseling wasn’t widely used in higher ed. Now the vendors serve close to five million college students.