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Forbes portrays its new college rankings as an outcomes-oriented alternative to U.S. News. But the outcomes it chooses -- including Ratemyprofessors.com -- make it seem like a parody, Patricia McGuire writes.

Many in the academic community despise college rankings and the implicit associated “grading” of universities. This is terribly ironic since...

The conflict between Russia and Georgia was a turning point of some kind. Scott McLemee wonders what's the big idea....

As David Horowitz would be quick to remind you, academics tend to skew to the left in their political outlook...

Helen Solterer, with Jean Delabroy, considers how one of the presidential candidate's speeches was used by a French university.

In a global academic market, colleges should shed their protectionist policies on transfer of credit, writes Richard C. Sutton.

Bell Curve author Charles Murray takes direct aim at higher education in his new book Real Education by asserting that...

With the enactment of a new GI Bill, the time has come to once again recall former University of Chicago...