In Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, the question becomes whether or not Scrooge will see previous events as lessons that lead to transformation. Higher education finds itself in a similar position today, writes Arthur Levine. More...

A new lawsuit against the College Board -- over whether it sells student data -- raises important issues, writes Jim Jump. More...

This past summer, the Trump administration’s Department of Education repealed the controversial gainful-employment regulation, which required all programs at for-profit universities as well as career-oriented programs at nonprofit schools to meet a quantitative threshold to remain eligible for federal financial aid. More...

Many Americans have a visceral distrust of the federal government and anyone associated with it. Long-term federal employees are routinely portrayed as fools, knaves, dupes, loafers or worse. More...

Nearly 40 years ago, a college basketball coach told me that his Christmas card list each December included, or perhaps consisted of, every player still in college that he had recruited but who had elected to go elsewhere to play. More...

Rather than advocating to remove an endowment tax, colleges should demonstrate a stronger commitment to serving the public good, Catharine Bond Hill argues. More...

In the Third Age of online learning, companies are paying for their workers' online degrees. Does that bode well -- or ill -- for nonselective universities and their value proposition, Ryan Craig asks. More...

The really difficult part lies precisely in those areas where college and university leaders cannot borrow from corporate values and practices, writes Clara M. Lovett. More...