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Colleges can and should refrain from investigating applicants’ criminal pasts, writes Marsha Weissman.

Why is gun control controversial? Scott McLemee wonders while waiting for the next massacre.

Michael Bugeja questions why foundations and universities seem unworried about the way technology and certain business practices are eroding the role of the press.

Mary Crane cares deeply about disciplines that feel under attack, but thinks they would be better served by focusing on improving them.

Flawed data on education and jobs have inspired politicians and reporters -- wrongly -- to assert that fewer Americans need a higher education, Anthony Carnevale writes.

If colleges want to make real improvements on retention and graduation rates, they need to think about the entire institution, not any one effort, however worthy, write John N. Gardner and Andrew K. Koch.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper" is a feminist classic. Scott McLemee looks into the story behind the story.

A great deal of work and learning -- and less ideal activities -- unfold on campuses overnight. Colleges should pay more attention to what happens then, writes Lee Burdette Williams.