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Our Entering Class for 2008
The Ivy League's ever-increasing selectivity prompts a response from U. of All People, channeled by David Galef.
In Praise of Small Conferences
You don't need thousands of people and academic superstars to learn a lot, writes Jason Pickavance.
Utilizing America's Most Wasted Resource
How often have we heard, “People with talent and ideas are America’s greatest resource”? And yet, while colleges and universities...
The Flawed Metaphor of the Spellings Summit
Manufacturing is not the model for higher education, writes Daniel F. Chambliss, and that's why the education secretary's conclave was based on faulty assumptions.
Hard Wordes in Plaine English
The first English dictionary was published long before Samuel Johnson. Scott McLemee consults the first reprint in 400 years.
The Brave New World of MySpace and Facebook
Social networking sites pose risks for students and challenges for colleges that try to monitor them, write Sheldon Steinbach and Lynn Deavers.
Rising Up Against Rankings
Think it's impossible for educators to fight a popular magazine's irresponsible rating system? Look north, and you'll see it can be done, writes Indira Samarasekera.