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The fact that students couldn’t find hidden money—even though its location was revealed in a professor’s syllabus—demonstrates a problem not with them but with our syllabi, writes Jonathan Beecher Field.

Based on their research into the needs of first-generation, low-income students, Josh Farris and Chi Chan share five best practices for meeting those needs.

Being a first-generation student is an asset, and families of these students can be partners in supporting success, writes Julie Carballo.

Antitrust enforcement will not result in lower prices for students, writes Phillip Levine.

Outside classes, incivility is escalating and eroding institutional culture, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler, who recommend four steps that campus leaders should take in response.

Wick Sloane urges two-year-college leaders to turn up the pressure on Congress—and on themselves—to meet their students’ needs.

Scott McLemee reviews Rebecca R. Falkoff’s Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding.

Widespread misconceptions have arisen, write members of the National Council for Online Education, but when done correctly, online courses can be as effective as face-to-face ones.