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Job Trends
This year's crop of back-to-school analyses has a heavy focus on jobs. Peter Stokes dissects what that means for colleges and students.
Balancing Act: Faith on Campus
Amid today's fractious atmosphere surrounding religion, campuses have the potential to model Pope Francis's call for inclusion, not exclusion, writes Thomas Flynn.
Harvard’s Billion-Dollar Question
Harvard is trying to raise $6.5 billion. Bill Gates reportedly has some money. Mark Drozdowski listens in on the development office's call.
Opinion
Passing English
Long forgotten, J. Redding Ware was a philologist of slang and detective-fiction pioneer. Scott McLemee looks into Ware Studies.
Opinion
24 Months to Go
One year ago, Brian Kibby predicted a shift from print to digital for most of higher education. One year later, he analyzes where things stand.
When Rating Colleges, Think Diving
We need a system that takes into account the difficulty of the task, and doesn't just reward educating the most well-prepared and most prosperous students, writes Walter M. Kimbrough.
Cram Sessions
If Wintercession and Maymester weren't short enough for you, David Galef explains U of All People's latest ideas for maximizing student learning (oh, and revenues).