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Colleges and universities themselves can't fulfill employers' inflated expectations for what workers can do on day one, but a new set of intermediaries can help them bridge the "skills standoff," Ryan Craig writes.

Paul B. Wignall's book on how Earth has withstood waves of cataclysmic extinction make the fall of dinosaurs seem like last week's news, writes Scott McLemee.

At a time when higher ed is subject to report cards and other scrutiny about its worth, the news media should more accurately depict the public's opinion, says Keith R. Martel.

Academics need to embrace the facts in their classrooms about important social issues, however risky it may be, writes Steve Wolverton.

If we can't rid campuses of guns, we must create security checks throughout them, argues Jeffrey Ian Ross.

Whether using the term "trigger warning" or not, professors should give students a heads-up about potentially traumatic content in the classroom, Julie Winterich writes.

Educational institutions need a new accounting system to meet the demands of our information economy, Arthur Levine argues.

Writer, professor, tattoo artist … not so daring now, but 60 years ago, it was another story. Scott McLemee on the lost essays of a wild one.