The Kirk Assassination and the MAGA Threat to Free Speech

Demagogues are using the tragedy to target free speech, the First Amendment, and America itself.

Which Republicans Have the Courage to Stand Up to Trump?

Edward R. Murrow, Ralph Flanders, and Joseph Nye Welch all called out Joe McCarthy more than 50 years ago. Will any in the GOP do the same this year?

The Republican candidate is getting assistance from a foreign power only interested in its own power.

A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.

by Bruno V. Manno

Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.

by Bruno V. Manno

High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.

by Jon Marcus

New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.

by Michael T. Nietzel