Opinion

The debate over Million Dollar Baby, writes Lennard J. Davis, shows why the discipline matters -- and how far it has to go.

For adjuncts, writes Terry Caesar, explaining their institutional ties can be fraught.

Fifty years after it appeared, a classic history on academic freedom seems far too timely, writes Scott McLemee.

Scott McLemee takes a look at something more often practiced than theorized.

In the quest to measure university performance, both for valid or other reasons, we often latch on to statistics in...

The federal system for determining students' financial needs is a complicated mess that deters low-income families. Ellen Frishberg's solution offers better information, not more money.

"You're too young to know about the cafeterias," said Julius Jacobson. "The cafeterias were wonderful," said Phyllis Jacobson. "There's nothing...