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Congress is taking money from lenders to help students afford college. It should also make colleges -- the real fat cats -- spend more of their own money to do the same, writes Lynne Munson.

Ever dreamt of weeding out the excess books in your office? Scott McLemee interviews a professor who did the deed.

Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg and Liliana M. Garces write that colleges and their students will suffer because of the Supreme Court's desegregation decision.

Laurence Musgrove wants professors to feel the emotions that drew them to teaching and learning -- and emotions generally.

If Congress wants to bring market forces to federal student loans, it should auction existing loans to determine their value, not the right to make loans, Arthur Hauptman writes.

We need progress toward gender equity in athletics, but the current debate isn't helping, writes Welch Suggs.

The end is near! Scott McLemee checks on the scholarly response to Harry Potter as devotees await the final chapter.

Underfunding colleges that serve large numbers of low-income and minority students risks turning them into "dropout factories," Stephen Jordan writes.