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With help from Susan Sontag and Bernard Malamud, Terry Caesar wonders just how close we should be with those with whom we work.

A panel at MLA discusses academic blogging and the "old boys' network" -- and marked the end of one prominent blogger's prolific career online. Scott McLemee reports from the digital "parlor."

The debate over admissions has diverted attention from how minority students perform in college, and how institutions can help them succeed, writes David R. Harris.

I run a library at a university of nearly 22,000 students, but I know that two-thirds of them will never...

Wick Sloane celebrates a pocket-sized information renaissance, without battery chargers, downloads or tangled cords.

The death of a scholar of ancient mathematics may mean the demise of a unique department and -- some fear -- an area of research.

Is President Bush a student of Hegel? Scott McLemee doubts it, but considers the evidence.

The language group’s report on tenure calls for expanding definition of scholarship, but fails to recognize the common expectations that reinforce the status quo, John V. Lombardi writes.