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Funding agencies should require publication of plain-language summaries, Amanda N. Weiss writes.

Lou Matz writes that colleges should consider a competitive sports major akin to majors in dance and music.

Students have changed, and instructors should reconsider their assumptions about what engagement means, Mary C. Kern and Terri R. Kurtzberg write.

The existential question of institutional survivability may mask more important questions about sustainability and mission, Mark La Branche writes.

Patrick J. Casey argues that the reluctance to enforce deadlines and other workplace norms is not serving students well.

Financial aid leveraging leaves low-income students and their families with heavy debt loads, Stephen J. Burd writes.

Scott McLemee concludes his review of David L. Swartz's study of pro-Trump academics.

The increasing importance of technology demands a shared governance model that combines robust centralized support with academic freedom and autonomy of departments, John Katzman and James DeVaney write.