Academe Today

Young and College-Educated Voters Played Key Roles in Democratic Wins on Tuesday

They helped defeat the incumbent Wisconsin governor and helped elect more than 100 women to Congress, exit polls suggest.

A Divided Congress Is Unlikely to Compromise on Higher Ed. But What if It Did?

The long-overdue reauthorization of the Higher Education Act would seem to be an issue ripe for a deal. But the chances of that happening are nearly nil. Here’s why both of those statements are true.

The Difference Claire McCaskill Made in Higher Education

The U.S. senator, who helped put a congressional spotlight on campus sexual assault, lost her seat on Tuesday.

Exodus, Continued

Jeff Sessions, Ousted Attorney General, Leaves a Legacy of College Bashing

While the national conversation is focusing on what his departure means for the Mueller investigation, Sessions leaves a legacy of slamming higher education on political correctness and free-speech issues.

Student Feedback

One University Asked Its Students: Would You Recommend Us to a Friend? Here’s What It Learned.

Touch-screen kiosks, installed around the campus over the summer, have logged thousands of responses from hundreds of students.

Teaching

5 Teaching Tips From ‘How Humans Learn’

A new book draws from human evolution and early-childhood development to suggest practices that professors can use in the classroom.

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Commentary

For Colleges, an Election to Celebrate and Fear

The Republicans who won are more conservative and Trump-aligned than those who lost, which means that colleges may have more to worry about than they did before.

Lingua Franca

Blasphemy and the Strange World of Linguistic Crimes

The medieval crime of saying things that outrage the pious exists in the 21st century, says Geoff Pullum, making a “safe space” for religion written into the law in some lands.