What possible reason could the parents in the latest admissions scandal have had, writes Jim Jump. More...

William G. Tierney describes the mistakes that brought down the University of Southern California. More...

Scott McLemee reviews Catherine Lyall's Being an Interdisciplinary Academic: How Institutions Shape University Careers. More...

Perhaps it is time for college and university governing boards to consider whether current and future students should have to pay for failed presidencies, argue James Finkelstein and Judith Wilde. More...

George Washington U's plan to shrink is worth watching, writes Jim Jump. More...

It is not permissible to debate in some academic parlor game the lives of people who are oppressed and murdered, writes Mark Lance. More...

The policies deserve a careful look, writes Jim Jump. More...

While the respect due to all people should never be compromised, academic freedom should be restricted only with the greatest caution, if ever, write 12 leading scholars. More...

We would do well to replace them with more tangible queries about teaching and mentoring, argues Alex Small. More...

We faculty members are capable of both intellectual rigor and self-serving small-mindedness, astounding courage and craven pettiness. We are and are not special, writes Kathryn D. Blanchard. More...