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Does History Matter?
The Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage illustrates the discipline's centrality to understanding of crucial issues today, writes Steven Mintz.
Innovation Exhaustion and a Path to Moving Forward
MOOCs, competency-based education and other reforms are worthy ideas, writes Dan Greenstein. But in the chase for the next big thing, some have forgotten the goal of improving higher education, not just making it more efficient.
What Is College For?
Powerful forces threaten to re-order higher education. Predictions of massive destruction are overstated, but the coming storm will force colleges to figure out what they want to do, writes Dan Currell.
The Legal Future of Affirmative Action
Rod Smolla sees signs of new limits ahead -- both in this week's decision and in the justices' statements during oral arguments.
The Bipartisan Exception
Immigration reform has the potential to become law, and college and university leaders need to rally behind the bill emerging from the Senate, writes Peter McPherson.
Spam Wars
From Monty Python to your e-mailbox, it's everywhere. Scott McLemee finds its history surprisingly digestible.
Not Quite an End to Affirmative Action
Michael A. Olivas analyzes a ruling in a case he says had no business being before the Supreme Court.
Where Are the Savings?
Christopher Newfield digs into the details of the Georgia Tech-Udacity deal and emerges with lots of doubts about the economics of the arrangement and its impact on higher education.