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Worries Grow About Outsourcing of College Degrees
Proposal to lift cap on college programs offered through unaccredited entities stirs concerns about giving companies back door to federal student aid.
‘The Resilience of Religion in American Higher Education’
Authors discuss new book about the diversity and strength of religion in academe -- as well as some of the tensions.
Bon Appé-Lit!
New cookbook from the Modern Language Association celebrates the subtle and not-so-subtle links between literature, food and drink.
Opinion
Add It Up
Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Bonato's Limitless Minds: Interviews With Mathematicians.
Graduate Education Reform, Starting With Advising
Historians and language professors discuss strategies for improving advising and graduate education in general at recent annual meetings.
Opinion
Needed: Equitable Roles for Full-Time Instructors
Paul S. Merritt provides an insider’s perspective as to how colleges can structure such teaching positions to provide the best experience for both students and faculty members.
Closing Confucius Institutes
The tide may be turning for the Chinese government-funded centers of Chinese language and cultural education as universities grapple with calls from Washington to close the institutes down. Over past year at least 10 have closed or announced plans to close.
Opinion
Why Study History?
To answer that question, Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt tells a pedagogical story in two parts.