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At its best, accreditation can work wonders, writes John D. Wiley, but too often it doesn't serve students or taxpayers.

At the small liberal arts college where I teach, we have recently undertaken a wholesale revision of our core liberal...

People are bringing cell phones into libraries and academic conferences. Scott McLemee wants to take them out.

An annual assignment from a dean leaves one professor thinking about how colleges really view the minority faculty members they say they value so highly.

Christopher Conway remembers moving into the space until recently occupied by a beloved professor who had died unexpectedly.

Congress shouldn’t let inflammatory rhetoric derail a bill that will help undocumented students, David Hawkins argues.

Doug Bennett writes that Congress is focused on the wrong higher education issues and doesn't understand the federal role in academe.

An independent film documents the life and times of a beloved campus hangout. Scott McLemee loiters with intent.