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Professors can change attitudes, but only by thinking about educational values, and not just grading policies, writes Cathy Davidson.

To understand and to defend this crucial part of the scholarly world, academics need to remember its history, writes W. Robert Connor.

In the new installment of his annual feature, Lev Gonick dissects the technology developments that are likely to change higher ed -- and not -- in the year ahead.

Carolyn Foster Segal assesses the year just past, and finds that plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

In the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook, Susan Herbst -- president of a university in the shadow of Newtown, Conn. -- assesses the tragedy's implications for her institution, and others.

Historians and other academics are, contrary to what you may hear from critics of academe, working to define specific student outcomes and to promote accountability, writes Anne Hyde.