Campus shutdowns come with real costs to students and families, write Nick Ducoff and Sabrina Manville, yet consumers can struggle to find information about the financial viability of colleges. More...

A new tool provides insights into colleges' ROI, writes Jim Jump. More...

Oren Etzioni analyzes the brain drain of artificial intelligence experts out of academia and suggests some solutions to the problem. More...

Rural-serving higher education institutions have a distinct opportunity and obligation to build human capital and engage in wealth-creation efforts in their communities, writes Marion Terenzio. More...

Scott McLemee surveys upcoming university press books that, in anticipation of the coming year's presidential campaigns, focus on the White House or the road to it. More...

The small interventions designed to influence student choices are neither panacea nor failure -- but tools worthy of continuing experimentation, writes Kim Manturuk. More...

The announcement of the consolidation of Marlboro and Emerson Colleges is the most recent example of institutions of higher education combining to ensure educational opportunities and their institutional legacies. More...

Scott McLemee reviews George Estreich's Fables and Futures: Biotechnology, Disability, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves. More...

Colleges need to get ready, write Robert Massa, Don Hossler and Jerome Lucido. More...