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The controversy over the push for standardized tests obscures the success and potential of faculty-driven systems to measure student learning, writes Donna Engelmann.

Recent federal proposals assume the source of accreditation shouldn't influence colleges' decisions on accepting students' academic credit. Constantine Curris argues otherwise.

Professors complain about growing workloads and often blame campus managers. But we’re drowning, too, writes Barbara Mainwaring.

Céleste Brotheridge and Raymond Lee are tired of non-academics who think professors live a life of leisure in the summer.

Imagine if world's most complete card catalog were just a mouse-click away. Scott McLemee chats with a young programmer who is making it happen.

Nancy E. Tribbensee and Steven J. McDonald write that the federal privacy protection law doesn't prohibit much of the communication colleges need to protect students.

Wick Sloane, assessing the annual meeting of the business officers' group, urges them to take responsibility for college costs. Someone has to. Who better?

Colleges need to pay more attention to the role of presidential partners -- not only for their sake but for the presidents and institutions, writes Teresa Oden.