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Adam Weinberg writes that it is time to pay less attention to numbers of students and more to what they learn and how programs are structured.

One of Wick Sloane's community college students is shot to death. He reflects on the implications for the students and for Washington's policy experts.

As the Education Department tries to turn accreditors into federal enforcement arms, Alan Contreras writes, we should end the formal linkage between the agencies and the government.

College CEOs have long ignored the loan programs, says Robert Maurer. Even bigger problems are in the offing if they don’t pay attention now.

A French theorist and a North American historian respond very differently to the digital age. Scott McLemee reports.

Many of the quick fixes being promoted by pundits and others will not prevent future tragedies, and will shift needed funds away from mental health needs, writes Brett A. Sokolow.

Beware of policies that add to the stigma facing students with mental illness or to the barriers to their educations, writes Karen Bower.

Daniel H. Weiss considers some of the key questions facing liberal arts colleges -- and all of higher education.