Randall Collins’s recently reissued 1979 book arguing that education and training are about credentialing rather than skills rings false in the digital age, Ryan Craig argues. More...

In the 1932 film Horse Feathers, the Board of Trustees at Huxley College appoints Quincy Adams Wagstaff, played by Groucho Marx, as its president and begins to offer him some advice on governance -- which he famously rebuffs in song:

I don’t know what they have to say
It makes no difference anyway
Whatever it is, I’m against it
No matter what it is or who commenced it
I’m against it

Today, 87 years later, in an era of unprecedented financial strain and public disapprobation for colleges and universities, Groucho’s contemporary counterparts, the presidents, often tend to be “for it” -- for whatever innovation is proposed to garner students, strengthen finances and demonstrate public value. More...

Robert F. Smith's generous gift to Morehouse College graduates was certainly important and groundbreaking, but many deserving students don't even make it to graduation, writes Elwood L. Robinson. More...

Trying to understand this growing presence on campuses? Tim Renick and Drew Magliozzi explain key terms and why they matter. More...

Boards of trustees at higher education institutions around the nation should be more diverse when it comes to generational representation, argues James L. Anderson. More...

Scott McLemee reviews Gary Roth's The Educated Underclass: Students and Social Mobility. More...

Community college programs don’t adapt all that well to changes in the labor market, Michel Grosz argues. More...

Chad Raymond reviews the colleges that have closed in recent years and suggests a financial indicator of those who may do so in the future. More...

Scott McLemee highlights some new and upcoming books that are relevant to the current border crisis. More...

It would cause a tremendous setback in America's global competitiveness and probably a brain drain in reverse, warns Frank Wu. More...