Charlie Eaton is an associate professor of sociology at the University of California at Merced. He is author of Bankers in the Ivory Tower: The Troubling Rise of Financiers in US Higher Education.

The data paints an unusually detailed picture of a selective college’s first cycle without race-conscious admissions.

For a while now, Republicans have been the party openly hostile to the sector. Many on campus are alarmed about Donald ...

At first, it looked like a paradigm of science done right. A group of behavioral scientists had repeated the same experiments ...

Journal retractions are a necessary part of the scientific process. They allow the scientific community both to correct ...

I n the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision on racial affirmative action and ongoing barriers to student-debt cancellation, state and federal policymakers are seeking new ways to reach racially ...

The lure of decent-paying jobs available without college degrees has some people rethinking whether college is necessary. The trend has big implications for the work force, society, and the ...

I was a bit surprised to read an op-ed last week in The Boston Globe that seemed to argue — that came right up to the line of arguing — that there are too many Jews among Harvard’s administrators. You ...

The selection of Valerio Ferme as president came as a relief to many after a contentious search process marred by political ...

The future of Maine’s economy depends on remote work. Across sectors, Mainers are collaborating on digital infrastructure, operations, and training to strengthen their state’s employment ...

Anne Kenworthy, vice president for enrollment management, marketing, and strategic initiatives at the University of Findlay, ...

The spread of misinformation poses a serious threat to science, public health, and democracies worldwide. In a recent essay ...