By Donald E. Heller. In her speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton talked about free college and student debt relief. More...

By Naomi Baron. Do students learn as much when they read digitally as they do in print. More...

By Donald A. Barclay. The print-format scholarly book, a bulwark of academia’s publish-or-perish culture, is an endangered species. The market that has sustained it over the years is collapsing. More...

By Lori Patton Davis. The student protests at the University of Missouri and on other campuses across the country have brought greater attention to the educational plight of black students. 
The protests have exposed how experiences of black students in predominantly white campus environments are cloaked in isolation, invisibility and downright disregard for their rights. 
Sadly, campus racism is not new, and neither are the demands of black student activists. More...

By Matthew Mayhew and Benjamin S. Selznick. Demand for innovation is at an all-time high. Innovation is now recognized as being key to economic growth strategies in the United States, Canada and countries in the European Union. More...

By Donald E. Heller. Last summer, as the presidential campaign was just getting rolling in earnest, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced “New College Compact,” a proposal designed to provide relief for the rapidly rising sticker price of college. More...

By Stefano Balietti. A scientist can spend several months, in many cases even years, strenuously investigating a single research question, with the ultimate goal of making a contribution – little or big – to the progress of human knowledge. More...

By Cathy Sandeen. On July 1, Elizabeth Garrett assumed the presidency of Cornell University.
With this, half of the eight-member Ivy League schools now have female presidents. Garrett joins an illustrious group: Christina Paxson (Brown University), Drew Faust (Harvard University) and Amy Gutmann (University of Pennsylvania).
But what about colleges and universities outside the Ivy League. More...

By Elizabeth Englander. The myth has been shattered. The college campus, it turns out, is not always a sheltered sanctuary of peaceful, rolling green lawns and ivy-covered brick. More...

By Gerardo M Gonzalez. The thawing of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba will be good for people on the island and in America – and that includes students and academics. More...