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Todd Diacon wonders what today's students -- behind their closed doors -- don't know about their dormmates and how that lack of interaction is changing the nature of the college experience.

Timothy Burke looks at the changing economic landscape for higher education -- and sees a coming period of relative austerity.

It isn't as spiffy as the homeland security threat level system, but David Galef tries to explain the latest revision of U of All People's course coding system.

Barack Obama’s campaign slogan, “Change we can believe in,” will never be mistaken for a classic of the genre. It...

A new book looks at the dumbing-down of American politics. Scott McLemee is surprised it's in one volume.

Times have changed, and just because the music and movie industries face challenges is no reason for them to turn higher ed into their enforcers, writes Kevin Carey.

The best approach to a mysterious process and unreasonable demands is to ignore them, writes Gary W. Lewandowski Jr.

Edward F. Palm, as a Vietnam vet and community college dean, offers some advice on what to say and do -- and what not to say and do.