The system at too many colleges is stuck in a cycle of insisting that some work is lower value than other work, then using the fact that it abuses the people who do that work as proof of its low value, argues Seth Kahn. More...

Drew Story outlines a simple approach academics can use to increase access to research and restore its public value. More...

As we await the arrival of the next solar eclipse, Scott McLemee describes how a group of Chinese researchers bravely studied one almost 50 years ago. More...

Kate Rousmaniere, both a professor and the mayor of her college town, explores the myriad issues surrounding off-campus housing. More...

Kristin Boudreau describes how a play by a student has fostered a vitally inclusive space at a predominately engineering college. More...

Beyond offering opportunities to communicate quickly with family, friends and even teachers, texting also provides some intellectual benefits, argue Missy Watson and Madhuri Karak. More...

Leveraging new data can help low-income students climb the economic ladder, writes Michael Lawrence Collins. More...

Byung-Chul Han’s In the Swarm: Digital Prospects describes how our society is well down the road toward a dramatically different, digital world. Much harder to discern, writes Scott McLemee, is where, or if, Han sees an off-ramp. More...

The time is right for a more courageous approach to difficult conversations, writes Ronald A. Crutcher, who meets regularly with students to discuss controversial issues across lines of difference. More...

A proposal by the federal Office of Management and Budget would leave higher education research institutions in every state in an impossible situation, write the chief research officers of 12 Florida colleges and universities. More...