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Stop Telling Foreign Scholars to Stay Home
Jonathan Knight writes that it's time for Congress and professors to take on the issue of visa denials to academics.
No Sacred Cows
When there are sound reasons, college presidents can eliminate football, writes Maravene Loeschke, who explains how and why she did so.
Setting the Record Straight
The creators of the Collegiate Learning Assessment reply to Trudy W. Banta's essay on measuring general intellectual skills.
Legitimation Crisis
When dissident intellectuals in Iran appeal to colleagues in the U.S. for solidarity, the silence is often deafening. Scott McLemee interviews an activist trying to change that.
A Dean's View of the MLA Report
In one of his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, wrote, "Time is like a river made...
Nominated for President, Haverford and Wesleyan
Wick Sloane, again a candidate, offers his common-sense platform for leading two top liberal arts colleges.
No Longer Free to Choose
The movement to regulate textbook prices could end up hurting instruction and saving little if any money, writes Michael W. Brandl.
The Benefit of Many Winners
John V. Lombardi offers an alternative take on this seasonal debate: bowl games or a national football tournament?