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Robert Connor alienated his peers when he began using the language of assessment a decade ago, but the shift in discourse has taken hold, he argues.

To get through today's economic travails and what's to come, writes Jeff Abernathy, college administrators -- working closely with their faculties -- must try things they've never done before.

Irving Kristol was the godfather of neoconservatism. Scott McLemee goes to the mattresses.

Robert J. Nash offers principles for putting students -- not prestige or politics -- at the center of higher education.

Despite social scientists' legitimate opposition to helping the Pentagon in ways that violate scholarly ethics, their research and perspective are needed to shift U.S. policy, writes David Vine.

Teaching himself Russian gives Bob Blaisdell perspective on his students who are new to English.

Colleges should educate their students about the Internet, not try to shield them from it, Joseph Storch argues in the first of a two-part series.

David Galef describes how the men, women and children of U of All People are welcoming in the new academic year.