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John B. Simpson reflects on what's valid and what's oversimplified in a year of reports criticizing higher education.

Shifting from graduate student to professor, Alex Golub thinks about how one answers a common academic question.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.