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Don't Play Politics With Student Veterans

A nonpartisan study is needed before the federal government makes any sweeping policy changes that would affect student veterans' benefits, writes Daniel Elkins.

Ethical College Admissions: A New Challenge to Testing

Jim Jump considers the implications of a threatened lawsuit against the University of California using the SAT and ACT.

A Question of Character

Robert Massa explains a new attempt to define character in the admissions process.

Is It Time to Dezone Knowledge?

To halt the crisis in the humanities, Clifford Siskin and William Warner write, we must rethink our classification system.

Think Positive

Scott McLemee reviews Why We're Wrong about Nearly Everything: A Theory of Human Misunderstanding by Bobby Duffy.

Teaching Racism as an Idea

If we teach students to see racism as an idea that's expressed through behaviors, institutions and cultures rather than an immutable character trait, we free them to see things more accurately and with more openness to change, argues Cyndi Kernahan.

The Sketchy Legal Ground for Online Revenue Sharing

The federal guidance that allows colleges to share tuition dollars with contractors that help them recruit students -- as long as they provide other services, too -- conflicts with the law and should be revoked, Robert Shireman argues.

Mental Health Challenges Require Urgent Response

They are serious and complex problems and should not be the sole purview of our campuses’ counseling centers, write Ted Mitchell and Suzanne Ortega.