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For the Birds

As Princeton University Press transitions from print to digital products, will it soar in its foray into the app market?
Opinion

No Spines

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

The Substitutes Speak Out

Stepping into the breach for college commencement speakers sidelined by protests, retired university leaders defend importance of debate -- and one calls protesters "immature" and "arrogant."

Web of Justice?

Controversial Internet campaign "outing" an unnamed philosophy professor for alleged sexual assault and harassment attracts praise and criticism.

Must Deans Be Silent?

Firing of a dean sets off debate over whether academic leaders must always publicly back the positions of their presidents.
Opinion

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.

Balancing Act

New York University needs to both protect its students online and promote academic freedom, but can single institution-wide policy do the trick? Some professors don't like the ideas on the table.
Opinion

A Defense of Liberal Learning

Glenn C. Altschuler considers how the new book 'Beyond the University' reviews the ideas of key American thinkers, and the disconnect between those ideas and today's debates about higher education.