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Every campus has them: senior professors who resist change at all costs. A longtime dean urges his academic colleagues to take them on.

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The only way to protect foreign students is to recognize the realities involved in recruiting them, writes Mitch Leventhal.

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A prominent photographer offers a portrait gallery of contemporary philosophers. Scott McLemee takes a look.

By Scott McLemee

John Marsh wonders how higher education can rejoice when its budget woes are minimized by deep cuts to social services.

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Randolph Lewis describes how the political attacks on Texas universities appear to one who teaches there.

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It's time to rethink the role that accrediting agencies play in determining colleges' eligibility for financial aid -- and better equip the Education Department to fulfill that role, R. Michael Tanner and Peter McPherson argue.

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How much they boost earning power is only one factor, writes W. Robert Connor, who explores how the study of different disciplines boosts students' cognitive development.

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In both the Cold War and aftermath of 9/11, civil liberties took a hit. Scott McLemee reviews a historian's assessment.

By Scott McLemee