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Abraham Flexner's The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge highlights how the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake has shown itself to be a powerful force in the world, writes Scott McLemee.

Entrepreneur mania seems to be sweeping higher education institutions, but an entire university based largely on those principles is problematic, argues Steven C. Ward.

Current technology offers unfettered access to good information and good scholarship, but standing in the way is the U.S. copyright law, argues Bryn Geffert.

Lee Burdette Williams provides a tongue-in-cheek look at an institution's effort to differentiate itself.

State policy isn’t the only way to tackle low community college student transfer rates, write Josh Wyner and Alison Kadlec. Institutional action matters, too.

A new documentary and a book from Denmark point to the dangers and dead ends of the self-transformation industry, says Scott McLemee

Christian colleges can provide a bridge between elite opinion and “red-state” America, writes Thomas Albert Howard. How might they rise to the occasion?

Professors are right to be dubious of online education, writes Penelope Adams Moon, and that's exactly when they need to get involved.