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Holding On to What We've Got
With its retention rate tumbling, U of All People brainstorms about some ideas to keep its students happy (or captive). David Galef recounts.
Merger Causes and Consequences
Susan Resneck Pierce considers the questions college leaders need to ask.
The History Manifesto
A new book challenges historians to quit studying the past through a microscope. Scott McLemee takes a look through the binoculars.
Good Intentions, Bad Legislation
When it comes to innovation, the TEACH Act will hurt students, write Terry W. Hartle and Jarret S. Cummings.
Where's the Fourth Estate?
Reporters too rarely cast a skeptical eye on proposals and buzzwords that promise change and promote innovation in higher education, Bernard Fryshman argues.
Jell-O Molds and Cigarettes
As CVS stops selling cigarettes, and more universities get into the Jell-O mold business, Ryan Craig wonders when universities will stop trying to be all things to all people.
Don’t Reform NCAA – Replace It
The association has lost control of college athletics. Congress should step in to create an alternative, as it did in another amateur sports realm in the 1970s, Donna Lopiano and Gerald Gurney write.