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A Former President Reflects on Leadership

Susan E. Henking ponders how, in today's challenging environment, college presidents should fight to sustain the best of what higher education has been and can be.

In Defense of Viewpoint Diversity

It can help produce novel solutions to problems, counteract confirmation bias and expand the range of topics that researchers consider, writes Christopher Freiman.

Ethical College Admissions: Applying to Service Academies

It's time for a new approach, writes Jim Jump.

Python in Residence

Scott McLemee reviews John Cleese's new book, Professor at Large: The Cornell Years, a selection of lectures and colloquies from his time moonlighting as an Ivy League don.

Fit In, Stand Out or Do Nothing

Those are the three ways colleges and universities can respond in the face of the disruption that some predict could capsize many of them, write Eli Bildner and Allison Dulin Salisbury. They offer advice for staying relevant.

We Need More Men in the Humanities

Wouldn’t greater exposure to such fields, asks Christine Henseler, help men make better decisions and become stronger citizens, workers and leaders?

Ethical College Admissions: The NACAC Meeting

The annual gathering of thousands provides insights into challenges facing the admissions profession and the organization, writes Jim Jump.

How Higher Ed Must Support Arab Women

Lian Ryan-Hume, the first-ever Arab Israeli to win a Rhodes scholarship, argues that, for Arab women to advance, higher education must prioritize diversity.