Claudine Gay, the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will be the university’s first Black leader, and the second woman. She will take office just as the university faces a Supreme Court decision on affirmative action.

Baker, whose professional background is in government and health care rather than sports, will take over at a time when many of the N.C.A.A.’s challenges are legislative.

Some companies—like Google and Delta—are weighing skills and experience instead of just relying on paper degrees for certain roles

It's long past time for elite colleges to make sure that they're drawing their students from all parts of the socioeconomic spectrum. Early decision programs should be relegated to history, write Evan Mandery and Michael Dannenberg.

We need more than vague inclusivity.