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The Folly of Federal Policy

Debate over a new financial aid grant program reveals how irrationally Washington makes decisions about higher education, Neal McCluskey argues.
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We Can't Do It Alone

Colleges and universities have come under relentless pressure from lawmakers and the public about retention and graduation issues, and demands...
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The Isolated Academic

Shari Wilson considers why professors create so many barriers to interacting with others -- and the personal costs of such divides.
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The College Board's Real Mistake

The latest exhibit in an increasingly frustrating pattern of eroding public trust is that of the College Board's misrepresentation of...
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Legal Jams

Once a band gets to the recording studio, lawyers often grab the microphone. Scott McLemee asks a musicologist if that's a good thing.
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The View From the Peanut Gallery

Wick Sloane on what got said (and what didn't) at Monday's public hearing before the higher ed commission.
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This Year's Job Ads

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Book Smarts and Basketball -- A Trend?

Brian C. Mitchell, president of Bucknell, explains why colleges like his won't long be an anomaly in big-time sports.