Opinion

While opposing the push to regulate endowment spending, Sharon Herzberger writes that institutions of means could make more of a difference for low-income students beyond their own campuses.

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A new correspondent writes: I've been a faithful reader for a while now ... an issue has been brought to...

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By Scott McLemee

My brother -- who sometimes comments as "brother of dean dad" -- sent me an email yesterday about rhetorical moves...

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I'm currently putting the final numbers together for Greenback's greenhouse gas inventory. As on a lot of campuses, the last...

By G. Rendell

One of the more interesting features of the current enthusiasm for discussing college costs and the elaborate mechanisms to discount...

By John V. Lombardi

While colleges must avoid waste, they need to be careful that demands for cost-cutting -- especially in a period of tight state budgets -- don't destroy their values and mission, write Eric Gilbertson and Daniel Hurley.

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Someone I respect asked recently why administrators s/he otherwise likes and respects occasionally make horrible, offensive decisions. Why would an...

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