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Stymied by California’s outdated master plan for higher education, the state should look to Texas’ approach to supporting emerging research universities, Adela de la Torre writes.

Scott McLemee reviews Ron E. Hassner’s Anatomy of Torture.

A peer-counseling program at St. Lawrence University aims to break the stigma around issues of student athlete mental health, Elisa Van Kirk and Carolyn Holran write.

Colleges should reach across the campus and collaborate with established resources in the community rather than relying on traditional models of campus counseling, writes Eric Wood.

A fictional tale by Mark Edmundson explores the “ethical commitments” professors are and are not being invited to make.

Congress’s investigative arm accurately diagnosed the problem outside providers play in driving online tuitions higher, but the government needs to act more aggressively, John Katzman argues.

Ann McElaney-Johnson reflects on what the pandemic taught her about students’ basic needs and the obligations of the institution she leads to help meet them.

MIT was right to require the test, but few colleges should go along with it, writes Les Perelman.