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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?
Critical Condition
Keeping up with the culture is a full-time job. Scott McLemee talks with a professor who does it 24-7.
Don't Forget the Registrar
Now that Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is using the report of her Commission on the Future of Higher Education to...
What Princeton Tuition Freeze Means -- and Doesn't Mean
For the second time in seven years, a highly visible and prestigious private institution has announced a decision not to...
A Warning on Measuring Learning Outcomes
Trudy W. Banta makes the case against using standardized tests of general intellectual skills to compare how well colleges educate students.
Being an 'Out' President
I can’t say I was surprised that some of the inquiries and interviews that followed my appointment in 2005 as...