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In times of crisis like today, colleges should think quite differently than they do in a traditional strategic planning process and consider six basic principles, argues David P. Haney.

Both last week's NLRB decision and a case before the Supreme Court, writes Patrick Hornbeck, focus on one query: What kind of questions can courts constitutionally ask about faculty at religiously affiliated educational institutions?

By having people of all backgrounds, ethnicities and geographical regions work together, a federal loan-for-service program might help heal our deep national divide, argues Roger Hull.

One of the not-so-openly-discussed motivations that colleges have for opening this fall may be the billions of debt they've amassed for dorms and dining halls, James Finkelstein argues.

Cerritos College has opened a 28-bed housing development for homeless students as part of an initiative to help them complete their studies and earn associate degrees.

The University of Alaska system has for years struggled with declining enrollment and state funding. Forced into a corner, the system's Board of Regents approved massive academic and administrative cuts, but experts say it's not enough to survive long term.