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New data show that graduate students are earning windfall benefits with income-based repayment, Jason Delisle writes, arguing that the federal programs are providing the largest benefits to those who need them least.

State appropriations originally intended to subsidize higher education based on enrollment are being redeployed to prop up colleges that are financially struggling, writes Christopher Fiorentino, who recommends a new approach.

Community college students are not just focused on vocational skills training but are also as committed to learning for its own sake as the students in selective liberal arts institutions, argues Michael Thurston.

The arguments are weak, writes Raymond A. Brown.

We should redesign gen ed so that it doesn't package students' learning in a way that treats them as uninterested, unintellectual and incapable, argues Paul Hanstedt.

A new report from EAB suggests that poaching may become widespread, but that doesn't make it wise, writes Jim Jump.

Scott McLemee ruminates on the passing of literary critic George Steiner.

The practice can promote diversity and inclusion if institutions have a willingness to take a creative approach to faculty recruitment and retention, argues Elizabeth S. Chilton.