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Dick Gregory writes that students who are protesting against a dean who recommended his autobiography should think about which battles matter the most.

Scott McLemee reviews Terry Eagleton's new book, Culture, which unpacks the concept in its title.

Next year will be disruptive and confusing for students, families and most colleges in the admissions process, argues W. Kent Barnds, who wonders how so many changes can be good.

Higher education institutions should think clearly about their students' occupational goals and the ways various credentials can give them access to the fields they want to enter, write Jimmie Williamson and Matthew Pittinsky.

Retiring professor Alan Robbins wants to tell graduating students that where they are in life is not that different from where he is.

Institutions can not only become more welcoming, but also encourage greater diversity in general, writes Allen Kenneth Schaidle.

The 2016 election cycle is a murky paradox in which it seems impossible to think of Donald Trump as ever exemplifying a certain long-held conservative doctrine, writes Scott McLemee.

The changes in the new SAT reflect a very different -- and questionable -- view of the qualities that are important for success in college, argues Ben Paris.