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Forbes portrays its new college rankings as an outcomes-oriented alternative to U.S. News. But the outcomes it chooses -- including Ratemyprofessors.com -- make it seem like a parody, Patricia McGuire writes.

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The conflict between Russia and Georgia was a turning point of some kind. Scott McLemee wonders what's the big idea....

By Scott McLemee

As David Horowitz would be quick to remind you, academics tend to skew to the left in their political outlook...

By Jonathan Beecher Field

Helen Solterer, with Jean Delabroy, considers how one of the presidential candidate's speeches was used by a French university.

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In a global academic market, colleges should shed their protectionist policies on transfer of credit, writes Richard C. Sutton.

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With the enactment of a new GI Bill, the time has come to once again recall former University of Chicago...

By Kevin Carey

Bell Curve author Charles Murray takes direct aim at higher education in his new book Real Education by asserting that...

By Robert T. Perry

Texting and instant messaging are the wave of the future? Scott McLemee is just too ecstatic.

By Scott McLemee