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In Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, the question becomes whether or not Scrooge will see previous events as lessons that lead to transformation. Higher education finds itself in a similar position today, writes Arthur Levine.

A poem about final papers by Laurence Musgrove.

We must be careful about properly crediting the work when we evaluate faculty members, argues Linus Yamane.

In the Third Age of online learning, companies are paying for their workers' online degrees. Does that bode well -- or ill -- for nonselective universities and their value proposition, Ryan Craig asks.

The really difficult part lies precisely in those areas where college and university leaders cannot borrow from corporate values and practices, writes Clara M. Lovett.

Rather than advocating to remove an endowment tax, colleges should demonstrate a stronger commitment to serving the public good, Catharine Bond Hill argues.

Jim Jump looks at the steps some colleges are considering -- without NACAC rules.

What are its affirmative action practices, Alan Morrison asks.