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A False Choice

Students and the colleges that teach them need not focus on only hard and soft skills, writes Gloria Cordes Larson.

For-Profit Status Is Not the Problem

Proprietary institutions need to shun short-run investor thinking in favor of long-term thinking with students and social purpose in mind, Jorge Klor de Alva argues.

Rhetoric of a Global Epidemic

How we communicate about disease can have consequences for prevention and treatment. Scott McLemee consults a new book on a recent epidemic.

No Spines

Controversial speakers and colleges leaders, not just those protesting, need to change their attitudes, writes Philip Altbach.

Commencement Shouldn't Be Bread and Circuses

It's time to end the competition for celebrity speakers, Patricia McGuire argues.

Professors Need Not Apply

The NCAA's new governance model aims to put college sports on a stronger academic footing -- so, Josephine Potuto wonders, why will faculty members have far less authority in it?

The Plight of the Nonrenewed

An adjunct not on the schedule for fall struggles to make sense of the news -- and appeals to campus administrators to deal with larger issues surrounding contingent employment.

How to Evaluate Academic Research

The value of scholarly work should be measured not just by how widely it is read, Johann Neem argues, but by a better understanding of how expert knowledge is created and shared within and beyond the university.