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Do Price Controls Help Students?
Critics say recent attempts to charge more for high-demand community college courses hurt low-income students. But they're hurt more, Nate Johnson says, if the only classes open to them are at costlier private colleges.
Culture Change for Learning
Colleges focus too much on rankings and pushing students through, and too little on academic rigor and quality. Change -- and not a little -- is needed across higher education, Richard Keeling and Richard Hersh argue.
Painter of Blight?
Love him or loathe him, Thomas Kinkade was the most widely known American artist of the last 20 years. Scott McLemee surveys his landscape.
In Defense of Frivolous Questions
Gizem Karaali, a mathematics scholar, decided to teach a seminar for first-year students with one of those course titles critics love to mock (Can Zombies Do Math?). Much was learned.
iPad for Academics, 2 Years Later
The much hyped device has lived up to its promise for scholars, but won't replace the laptop, writes Alex Golub.
U of Few People
A remaining student (channeled by David Galef) describes how U of All People looks in 2017 after yet another in a series of budget cutbacks.
Improving a Treasured Institution
Some scholars are alarmed by planned changes at the New York Public Library. But Anthony Marx writes that the shifts will promote research and protect the collections.
Going Digital ≠ Lower Textbook Prices
The price of content is too often overshadowed by the mode of delivery in the discussion about how to drive down the cost of educational materials, writes Caroline Vanderlip.