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Machiavelli's name has long been synonymous with political skulduggery, but Maurizio Viroli offers us a kinder, gentler Machiavelli -- someone who kept the common good in mind in ways greatly lacking in this election year, writes Scott McLemee.

A proposed new federal rule could have unintended negative ramifications for historically black colleges and universities, argues Julianne Malveaux.

Contrary to college standing as an open thoroughfare for Americans wanting to improve their lives, it has become a gated toll road primarily available to those from middle-class and upper-class families, argues Jeffrey J. Williams.

In an age of narcissism, we need to protect professors by putting cameras in the classroom, argues Amir Azarvan.

Some of the money going to fund the best graduate students at the most elite institutions should be redirected to less wealthy ones -- where Ph.D. recipients become good science teachers but not always research stars, argues Mark Montgomery.

The old joke that consigns people who graduate with English degrees to a permanent life in food service says less about them and more about our culture, writes Robert Matz.

While a well-intentioned concept, it falls substantially short of what today's students really need, argues Nancy Zimpher.

Jerry A. Jacobs examines the allegations of cheating that have created concerns about the excessive reliance on journal impact scores for tenure decisions and other matters.