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...

It is a flawed statistic for tracking college finances, argues Phillip Levine. More...

Ranjan Daniels explores what college and university administrators can do to shield their institutions from a potential reduction in Chinese student enrollment. More...

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...

Freshman composition programs have done that, and we need to stop it right now, argues Jennie Young. More...

The myth that science should rely on proof or certainty is a view so harmful to scientific understanding that it only gives aid and comfort to climate-change deniers and others who attack it, argues Lee McIntyre. More...

Scott McLemee reviews Charles Pappas's One Giant Leap: Iconic and Inspiring Space Race Inventions That Shaped History. More...

The state authorization fiasco in California is the sort of unintended consequence that can occur when policy makers impose rules only on one sector of higher education, writes Steve Gunderson. More...

Scott McLemee continues his review of Catherine Lyall's Being an Interdisciplinary Academic: How Institutions Shape University Careers. More...

Higher education institutions must work to bolster the security of their research without sacrificing openness and collaboration, write Peter McPherson and Mary Sue Coleman. More...