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Threats for What She Didn’t Say

Professor’s essay about the original color of classical statues is mocked by conservative websites -- and then she receives online threats.

New Salvo Against Turnitin

Essay argues the age of big data is the time for professors to reconsider their reliance on the anti-plagiarism business.

Penalties in Prostitution Scandal

Head basketball coach at Louisville, where program paid escorts to strip and perform sex acts for recruits, will be suspended for five games. The university says the punishment -- seen by some experts as a slap on the wrist -- is too harsh and intends to appeal.
Opinion

Why Students Are Anxious About Employment

Many young people have precious little experience in the working world -- which makes it more incumbent on universities (and their faculties) to help prepare them better for it, Ryan Craig argues.
Opinion

Measuring Learning Outcomes From Military Service

Colleges educating nontraditional learners would do well to study the Army’s competency-based approach, writes Steven Delvaux.

Florida Colleges Take Hit on Remediation

But avoid legislation that would cap bachelor’s degree programs and create new oversight board.
Opinion

Campus Carry Is Not About Preventing Mass Shootings

Concealed carriers aren’t likely to make effective interventions, and such a focus distracts us from the best arguments for campus carry, which should be primarily about the individual right to self-defense and self-determination, argues Erik Gilbert.

Video Games as a College Sport

The idea of colleges fielding teams for video games, an oddity just several years ago, now supports an athletic conference and is seeing major growth.