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The Myth of the Nontraditional Student

The message that colleges and universities send to such students that they are the outsiders is persistent and causes much psychological distress and self-doubt, argues Needham Yancey Gulley.

Send First-Gen Students to Grad School

Many students, especially those who are the first in their families to attend college, need help from faculty members to think about what happens next, argues Paula M. Krebs.

Fall Harvest Festival, Continued

Scott McLemee highlights more new books due out from university presses this fall.

Listening and Learning Through the Twitterverse

As a new president, Hank Bounds found that Twitter offered an unprecedented opportunity for him to gain insights from a wide range of constituents.

The Academic Advantages of Twitter

Being active on the platform can provide scholars with a number of important benefits, writes Christopher Schaberg.

Canary in the Coal Mine

Nonelite law schools face an existential threat due to market-based disruptions, write Michele Pistone and Michael Horn, who describe innovations that can help.

Trump, Loans and the Liberal Arts

If enacted, a proposal by Donald Trump would result in only the wealthy gaining the benefits of the kind of liberal education that is the foundation for success, argues Lynn Pasquerella.

An Obituary for History

Lincoln University’s decision to suspend its history major ignores W. E. B. Du Bois’s belief in the power of history to shape lives in the present and his vision of the university as a center to help reconstruct the world, argues J. Mark Leslie.