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An independent film documents the life and times of a beloved campus hangout. Scott McLemee loiters with intent.

Crashing a meeting to which you aren't invited can be more fun and enlightening than attending your own scholarly conclave. Terry Caesar wonders why.

Marion Franck offers tips for colleges on how to infuriate (and not to infuriate) applicants and their families.

Academics should get behind the push for assessment of student learning, says W. Robert Connor -- for their own sake and for students.

Steven E. Jones looks at the potential of new forms of literary scholarship.

A new book by Garry Wills asks what Jesus meant. Scott McLemee stays for an answer.

Debate over a new financial aid grant program reveals how irrationally Washington makes decisions about higher education, Neal McCluskey argues.

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