Opinion

Students should be encouraged to think in terms of hypotheses rather than theses, and research questions or problems rather than their putative solutions when it comes to dissertation proposals, argues Heather Dubrow.

The new federal authority over accreditation and the central focus on consumer protection will have drawbacks for accreditors, higher education and students, writes Judith Eaton.

For quite a long while, American higher education has been adrift in a devolving eddy of self-pity while remaining largely silent on the great social issues of our times, argues Patricia McGuire.