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'To Gather From the Air a Live Tradition'

At three in the afternoon on Christmas Eve, the voice of a lone chorister will rise from a small college...

Coming Clean on College Costs

Private colleges should put their numbers on the table to show that they are as affordable as their public university peers, Thomas Kepple writes.

Studying the Inhumanities

A new collection documents the American policy of cruel and inhumane "non-torture." Scott McLemee takes a look.

Academic Advising by a Bot

Jonathan Deutsch shares his recent online discussion with a company promising to find him the perfect distance education program.

Diamonds in the Rough

For all the frustrations students sometimes give their professors, Christopher Phelps writes of the way some of them inspire.

Teaching, Principles and the Role of the Professor

Leonard V. Kaplan, a faculty member who was ensnared in a controversy over remarks he says were misreported, reflects on the larger issues for academe raised by the fracas.

Split Division III? Proceed With Caution

The colleges considering leaving the NCAA’s nonscholarship competitive level risk hurting their institutions and turning off students, W. Kent Barnds writes.

Starting Out in the Evening

An unfilmable novel about literary life hits the cineplex. Scott McLemee interviews the author.