The tempest caused record-breaking storm surge on the coast and widespread and deadly flooding and debris flows in the Appalachian Mountains.

Having grown up in an increasingly diverse America, I find Amy Wax’s resentments more pathetic than threatening.

The prospect of a breakaway by the sport’s biggest programs has loomed over college football for years. Now a group of disruptive sports executives has unveiled a vision for what it might look like.

The cost of housing has risen steeply in recent years, including for college students. Living in a dorm or renting an off-campus apartment can be the single largest expense a student faces, even more than tuition. Laura Barrón-López reports on how students are coping with the high cost of living and how some universities are responding. It’s the first part of our fall series, Rethinking College.

We compiled colleges’ first-year demographics in an interactive database to track how they changed after the affirmative action ban. Draw conclusions at your own risk. Demographic data for the Class of 2028 is in high demand this fall.

Amid widening disparities and under political siege, advocates urge administrators to start collecting data to figure out which DEI strategies do and don’t work.