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It's time to acknowledge and reverse the shameful spiral of disinvestment in public higher education, writes Ed Ray.

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The economic crisis points to the need to change antitrust policies so that private colleges can agree on joint steps that would cut costs, writes William G. Durden.

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Eighty years ago, a prominent black intellectual disappeared from the historical record. Scott McLemee talks to the man who rescued him from oblivion. With a podcast.

By Scott McLemee

Memo to President-elect Obama: History shows that expanding access to higher education is a smart investment during economic downturns, writes John Aubrey Douglass.

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Teresa Ghilarducci recounts the experience of having her academic research suddenly end up in the presidential campaign -- and become right wing media target.

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Financial headlines got you (and your endowment) down? David Galef shares U of All People's strategies for refilling its coffers.

By Doug Lederman

In Talking Out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman (Dalkey Archive Press), Kass Fleisher reviews her education and her...

By Kass Fleisher

A new book explores the art of the public grovel. Scott McLemee takes notes.

By Scott McLemee