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The first English dictionary was published long before Samuel Johnson. Scott McLemee consults the first reprint in 400 years.

Social networking sites pose risks for students and challenges for colleges that try to monitor them, write Sheldon Steinbach and Lynn Deavers.

Think it's impossible for educators to fight a popular magazine's irresponsible rating system? Look north, and you'll see it can be done, writes Indira Samarasekera.

Laurence Musgrove considers the role of music in the writing process.

Far from disappearing in the Age of Google, academic and research libraries remain an integral part of students’ college educations, says Pamela Snelson.

Alan Contreras asks: How should a civilized society ensure that college-able young people are not thrown away because they are poor?

The Borders bookstore chain is "right-sizing." Scott McLemee takes a look at a new documentary about the company's effects on the culture.

In an excerpt from his posthumously published autobiography, James O. Freedman describes lessons he learned as an undergraduate -- and the professors who inspired him to be an educator.