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Academic scandals involving athletes have been a predictable outcome of the 2003 elimination of minimum requirements for freshmen, Gerald S. Gurney argues.

Economic and social factors are reshaping the market for transfer students, and colleges must better understand who they are and what motivates them, writes Marc Cutright.

With vendors buying and selling the words that supposedly got students in, it's time to admit that these words aren't typically decisive, and that may be a good thing, writes Scott Anderson.

Did new media inspire the recent wave of uprisings? Or will Facebook yet prove a dictator's best friend? Scott McLemee checks on the debate.

Jeffrey J. Williams proposes an unusual tactic to make room for new blood in the academe. Let's just say it involves shedding a little old blood.

Neven Sesardic explains why he published a journal article under another name.

Suppose you are an ambitious, gifted college student with a passion for your major and the potential to become a...

Stephen Brockmann wonders if a key cause of the crisis facing humanities programs can be traced to the culture wars of the '80s.