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The Folly of Federal Policy

Debate over a new financial aid grant program reveals how irrationally Washington makes decisions about higher education, Neal McCluskey argues.

We Can't Do It Alone

Colleges and universities have come under relentless pressure from lawmakers and the public about retention and graduation issues, and demands...

The Isolated Academic

Shari Wilson considers why professors create so many barriers to interacting with others -- and the personal costs of such divides.

The College Board's Real Mistake

The latest exhibit in an increasingly frustrating pattern of eroding public trust is that of the College Board's misrepresentation of...

Legal Jams

Once a band gets to the recording studio, lawyers often grab the microphone. Scott McLemee asks a musicologist if that's a good thing.

The View From the Peanut Gallery

Wick Sloane on what got said (and what didn't) at Monday's public hearing before the higher ed commission.

Book Smarts and Basketball -- A Trend?

Brian C. Mitchell, president of Bucknell, explains why colleges like his won't long be an anomaly in big-time sports.