By Jennifer Glover Konfrst. It’s commencement season again. Some universities bring in famous people for honorary degrees. Some stick to the old standby of a speaker chosen from among the graduates. And some go political – choosing a candidate or an elected official. More...

By Joanne M Pierce. In November of 1989, I was in the middle of my second year of full-time teaching theology at Barry University in Miami, Florida. One stormy evening, two of my faculty colleagues and I were waiting at the airport to greet an important speaker: Father Theodore Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. More...

By Jeffrey Alan Lockwood. As a rational academic, living in one of the most conservative states, where legislators are planning to allow firearms in virtually all public places, including the University of Wyoming, I have labored to understand my own deep antipathy to the idea of my students and colleagues being armed. More...

By Kim A Wilcox. At a time when mounting student debt is dominating news, students across America are leaving nearly $3 billion in federal financial aid on the table each year. For students in California, nearly $400 million goes unclaimed. More...