Institutions we are working with can see the long-term trend—a growing chorus of families and policymakers who want to know the value of a degree.

A stealthier wave of censorship campaigns is hitting college campuses as lawmakers in some states move to restrict academic freedom beyond the wave of "educational gag orders" enacted in recent years, a new report warns.

"The file-drawer effect," the Journal Impact Factor and the pressure to produce are pushing some researchers to forego academic rigor and inhibiting the peer review process.

Liberal arts college leaders attending The Presidents Dinner in D.C. are tangled in a Catch-22 balancing First Amendment protections. But dialogue and learning to listen are seen as solutions.