By Nate Kreuter. On Aug. 1, 1966, in the city of Austin, Texas, on the campus of the University of Texas, gunman Charles Whitman arguably began the tragic trend of campus shootings that continues today. When I was in my second year of graduate school, attending classes and teaching quite literally in the shadow of the tower that Whitman had fired from, Texas Monthly published an excellent reflection on the event to mark its 40th anniversary. During Whitman’s assault from UT Austin’s iconic central tower, locals with firearms of their own returned fire. Read more...

By Philip Nel. Guns on campuses make the vulnerable even more vulnerable, argues Philip Nel. They uphold established systems of power: white supremacy, patriarchy and the privilege of the tenured. Read more...

By Scott McLemee. Who knows exactly what will happen to personal privacy in our high-tech future, but a new book at least stimulates us to think about it, writes Scott McLemee. Read more...

By Michael F. Mascolo. To begin to deal with racial tensions, colleges and universities should recognize and respect people's humanity and apply other conflict-resolution principles, says Michael F. Mascolo. Read more...

By Phillip Ayoub and Deondra Rose. Scholars who study issues related to their own identities produce valuable, intellectually rigorous research and do a great service to the academy, write Phillip Ayoub and Deondra Rose. Read more...

By George Greenia and Jacob H. Rooksby. If students are unwilling to drop their digital routines when studying abroad, they will miss out on opportunities that come from living in an environment not curated by technology, argue George Greenia and Jacob H. Rooksby. Read more...

By Ronald Neal Goldman. How can we wean students off electronic devices and help them appreciate the transmission of ideas through the classic use of the written word? Ronald Neal Goldman provides some ideas. Read more...

By Martha Snyder. Academic studies that have been critical of state performance-based funding policies lack the data to back up their conclusions, writes Martha Snyder, and fail to account for the design and implementation of these policies. Read more...

By John Katzman. At a time when everyone should be committed to lowering the cost of college, it could trigger a windfall for education marketers and become the most expensive component of a higher education, writes John Katzman. Read more...

By Byron P. White. Administrators and faculty members desperately need a new language to characterize minority, low-income and first-generation students -- one that frees us from dependence on labels such as “disadvantaged,” argues Byron P. White. Read more...