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Tempting as it is to try to stop alcohol-fueled campus events, colleges might be better off focusing on protecting students, Lee Williams writes.

Based on their faith, Roman Catholic colleges should not oppose the unionization of adjuncts, writes Paul Dinter.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights should have pursued its inquiry into alleged bias against female applicants to college, writes Richard Whitmire.

Will efforts to improve basic skills instruction lead to more of the same, or to a rich and robust education for students? Mike Rose asks.

Pressure on accreditors and college officials to emphasize data over professional expertise in gauging higher education quality is misplaced, Bernard Fryshman writes.

A new book looks at the narcopolitics of methamphetamine. Scott McLemee grinds his teeth while reading it.

I'll sketch out a claim that academic freedom flourished in the late 1960s and early 1970s, then consider why, then...

For his students, Wick Sloane runs the Boston Marathon today. With endorsements from Doonesbury, Mint Milanos, and the Andover Shop.