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Charles Miller, the head of the Education Department's higher ed commission, offers his emerging views on "accountability."

Article about a former professor's arrest on prostitution charges inspires a poem from Will Hochman.

An open letter from Brian Thill to those offering to pay students to report on their UCLA professors.

Colleges should resist the movement to quantify everything they do, writes Edward F. Palm, but that doesn't mean all assessment is bad.

Roger Clegg says that there is no better time than this week to question the assumptions behind affirmative action.

Scott McLemee notices that scholars are creating a new sort of academic community. Or is that just the dream of a ridiculous man?

The rush by students to make themselves appear employable may end up hurting their educations and their careers, writes one professor.

After attending a U.S. summit for college presidents, John V. Lombardi writes to Condoleezza Rice and Margaret Spellings.