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It may fall to accreditors to hold colleges accountable to long-standing principles of academic freedom and institutional independence, Lawrence Schall writes.

Don’t hate on higher ed’s refs: an accreditor’s role is to enforce the rule book for academic freedom and institutional autonomy, Jamienne Studley writes.

Proposed changes to the Education Department’s definition of third-party servicers would stifle innovation and increase costs to colleges and students, Representative Virginia Foxx writes.

In devaluing rural identities and language, higher ed alienates rural communities, Samantha Nousak and Sarah D. C. Harvey write.

The myth that colleges somehow exist apart from the “real world” lies at the center of the many challenges facing higher ed today, Karen E. Spierling writes.

Psychologist Rachel Goldsmith Turow recaps challenges and ideas for supporting students that came out of the 2023 Depression on College Campuses conference.

Applied humanities courses or modules have much to offer students studying STEM, Kathryn Strong Hansen writes.

The Education Department is right to try to regulate third-party providers and curtail online marketing, but there’s a simpler, more transparent way to do it, James DeVaney and John Katzman write.