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To Her, With Love

Marilee Lindemann considers the influence a single seminar with Susan Gubar had on her life – and worries that today’s public university students are less likely to meet the mentors who could inspire their intellectual dreams.

New Digital Tools

Two applications will make the time you spend online more efficient. Scott McLemee catches up with the pace of innovation.

Pipelines Into Partnerships

Karen Gross looks to an old strategy -- the links between boarding schools and elite colleges -- as a possible alternative to today’s flawed admissions system for private colleges.

Don't Give Up on Universities

Last week, the New York State Board of Regents adopted a new policy that will enable non-universities, including organizations such...

The Tea Party Challenge

The movement's rise shows the widespread ignorance of history in the United States, and the need for historians to assure their discipline can reach more students, write Erik Christiansen and Jeremy Sullivan.

Suicide Realities

Recent tragedies show that even institutions with the best policies and programs are vulnerable, write Victor Schwartz and Jerald Kay.

Doing More With Less

A small humanities journal survives deep budget cuts. Scott McLemee finds out how its editor manages to maintain the publication -- and his own optimism.

Drawing the Wrong Conclusions

Russell Poulin ponders what the University of Texas System's decision to close its TeleCampus says -- and doesn't say -- about online education.