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The psychiatric emergency room is where people have the worst day of their lives. Scott McLemee recommends a gripping memoir.

Are students lazy, technologically sophisticated or both? Jerry Pattengale evaluates the evidence.

With the system of higher education self-regulation under intense scrutiny, Judith Eaton envisions what its next iteration might look like.

By urging mandated bachelor’s degrees for nurses, Carnegie Foundation’s important new report risks polarizing nursing education community, writes Beverly Malone.

A black, gay professor is murdered in cold blood in Bloomington. Scott McLemee looks into a hate crime.

Colleges should add a line to their tuition bills to help students (and politicians) understand just how much they spend on federal requirements, Diane Auer Jones writes.

Chad Orzel considers how scientists communicate with everyone who isn't a scientist.

Up in the Air illustrates the ideas -- in surprising ways -- of some of the most prominent sociologists and philosophers of industrial life, writes Susan Herbst.