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The College Board's Real Mistake

The latest exhibit in an increasingly frustrating pattern of eroding public trust is that of the College Board's misrepresentation of...

Legal Jams

Once a band gets to the recording studio, lawyers often grab the microphone. Scott McLemee asks a musicologist if that's a good thing.

The View From the Peanut Gallery

Wick Sloane on what got said (and what didn't) at Monday's public hearing before the higher ed commission.

Book Smarts and Basketball -- A Trend?

Brian C. Mitchell, president of Bucknell, explains why colleges like his won't long be an anomaly in big-time sports.

The Wrong Conversation

Kevin Carey writes that the hype over Ivy admissions prevents too many people from focusing on the education issues that actually affect most people.

Paradise Lost?

A new television program is accused of glorifying polygamy. As Scott McLemee discovers, the literary canon may be even more culpable.

The Time of Dead Grandmothers

Our students' excuses -- pathetic or creative -- say something meaningful both about them and about those of us who teach, writes Terry Caesar.