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Should college and university professors alone have their work protected by "the scholar's woolen cloak?" Alan Contreras can't imagine why.

Victor E. Ferrall Jr. writes that these institutions are vital to society -- and need to replace their sales pitches with arguments and policies that are more true to their missions.

Erik M. Jensen thinks it's time for professors to start dressing like professors, and he has some fashion rules to share.

After years of delay and defensiveness by some leaders in higher education, Congress is poised to start getting the cost crisis under control, writes Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon.

Historians think Hurricane Katrina may have been a turning point for America. Scott McLemee isn't swept away....

Higher education can’t solve the problem of student access merely by having a few wealthy colleges replace grants with loans, write William Durden and Robert Massa.

It's time to use the term "corporate intellectuals," writes Jeffrey R. Di Leo, to reflect the realities of the way the public engages with thinkers and their ideas.

While on sabbatical, Denver Brunsman reflects on deadlines and sabbaticals, and self-diagnoses a new academic condition.