Welcome Home to the Campus
As the new academic year rolls around, Michael Morris shares his own take on faculty orientation. More...
Why We Urgently Need to Retool International Affairs Education
Events in the news provide constant evidence that we can't ignore different societies’ diversity and heterogeneity in our academic programs, argues Carla Koppell. More...
When Free Isn't Really Free
Programs that funnel aid exclusively to publicly funded colleges and universities limit students' choices and deter them from private colleges, which may be the best option for some of them, Claude Pressnell Jr. writes. More...
What Is a Chief Enrollment Officer?
The job is changing and becoming more complex, writes Angel B. Pérez. More...
Ethical College Admissions: The Personal Touch
My great-great uncle Charlie was a simple country farmer who had two things in common with Winston Churchill. The two were born the very same day in 1874, and although Churchill lived to be 91, Uncle Charlie outlived him by 14 years and was healthy enough in his 90s that he could eat a dozen ears of corn in a single meal. More...
The Presumption of Good Faith in Campus Conversation
Such an approach requires that we suspend judgment long enough to ask questions in a spirit of openness and curiosity, writes Emily Chamlee-Wright. More...
Dump the Discount Rate
It is a flawed statistic for tracking college finances, argues Phillip Levine. More...
A Wider Net
Ranjan Daniels explores what college and university administrators can do to shield their institutions from a potential reduction in Chinese student enrollment. More...
The End of Note Taking?
Digital transcribing tools just might free students up to do more beneficial things with their time in class, write Perry Samson and Fred Singer. More...
The Weaponization of Academic Citation
Freshman composition programs have done that, and we need to stop it right now, argues Jennie Young. More...
