Your Lake Norman guide to where to explore and what to do in Cornelius, Davidson, and Huntersville.

It’s taken just 31 games of the men’s March Madness tournament, but there are no perfect brackets remaining.

In government and as an outsider, Kenneth Marcus has tried to douse what he says is rising bias against Jews. Some see a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech.

Faculty members in public universities could be disciplined or fired, even those with tenure, if they are found to fall short of the new requirements.

The N.Y.U. professor Jonathan Haidt became a favorite in Silicon Valley for his work on what he called the “coddling” of young people. Now, he has an idea for fixing Gen Z.

Investors like student apartments because returns are steady and tenants can borrow to pay the rent.

Biden’s Fafsa rewrite keeps getting worse, if that’s possible. Thank Richard Cordray.

FAFSA delays leave students seeking advice on paying for college without crucial information on financial aid.

State lawmakers are considering a groundbreaking bill to ban legacy preferences at public and private colleges. Powerful institutions like Yale are fighting to stop it. Legacy preferences have weathered an enormous wave of public disapproval and political attacks since last summer’s Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action.

The Chronicle analyzed more than 60 events to better understand how — and why — they turned out the way they did.