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A trip to the movie theater and an offhanded comment from an employee prompt Karen Gross to reflect on the similarities between cooking and presiding over a college.

In Part 2 of his essay, Robert Zemsky lays out the three big goals of serious higher ed reform: proving that students learn, bolstering pre-college preparation, and fixing financial dysfunction.

A few hours ago, Wick Sloane taught his first section of an 11:45 p.m. to 2:45 a.m. course. He’s inspired by his students and community college – and mad as hell that no one seems to care about the nationwide conditions that make it impossible for so many students to find sections at the hours they need.

Like most of us who work in higher education, I really don’t have the time, or the courage, to be...

When I became an associate dean for undergraduate programs not quite four years ago, I did not know the term...

After his institution imposes an inarguable "excellence" fee on students, Clarence Sowers envisions other one-time charges to follow.

The 18 months that I spent on Margaret Spellings’ Commission on the Future of Higher Education left me convinced that...

Colleges need a new set of discussions -- involving students, professors, administrators and their communities, write Michelle Asha Cooper and David A. Longanecker.