The flow of students between the countries has been a mainstay of their relationship, even when ties have soured. Now these exchanges, too, are under threat.

They help us become who we are. It’s good to let them know it.

An elite college degree is the fastest way to disabuse a student of the idea of truth.

The Supreme Court’s rejection of affirmative action in admissions does not mean race is completely off limits for students.

Byron Trott says the small Missouri town where he grew up wasn’t the kind of place that got regular visits from admissions officers at Yale, MIT or his own alma mater, the University of Chicago.

Former tenure-track faculty member says the college inflated students’ grades and axed him after he complained. Some say that violates academic freedom. A former assistant professor of economics at Spelman College says the institution bumped up the grades he gave students without informing him beforehand and, after he complained, fired him without giving him the right to appeal. Kendrick Morales said he worked at the college for two years, in a tenure-track position, before it ousted him this summer. “I was planning to teach in the fall, which was like a couple weeks later,” Morales told Inside Higher Ed. “They didn’t give me any kind of warning.”

Amid scrutiny from legislators and the public, the scholars who lead these centers are trying to defend their work. Six of them spoke with The Chronicle about what they’ve been working on.