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Is Anything Off Limits?

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg writes that educators must insist that even in violent conflicts, college and university campuses merit special protection.

Second Thoughts About 'Professionalism'

I’m not sure what is meant by professionalism. I suppose it has something to do with knowing what you are...

Truth, Lies and Rankings

Tony Keller writes that magazine compilations of information about higher education serve students and the public.

A Dish Best Served Cold

Shakespeare wrote one of the most savage plays in the canon. Scott McLemee visits the dark side.

Our Entering Class for 2008

The Ivy League's ever-increasing selectivity prompts a response from U. of All People, channeled by David Galef.

In Praise of Small Conferences

You don't need thousands of people and academic superstars to learn a lot, writes Jason Pickavance.

Utilizing America's Most Wasted Resource

How often have we heard, “People with talent and ideas are America’s greatest resource”? And yet, while colleges and universities...

The Flawed Metaphor of the Spellings Summit

Manufacturing is not the model for higher education, writes Daniel F. Chambliss, and that's why the education secretary's conclave was based on faulty assumptions.