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If we brand our colleagues our enemies and make winning a social media altercation more crucial than the common good, then collegial compromise, negotiation and tolerance will be stamped out, argues Richard Utz.

The push for lifelong learning is fueling competition from alternative providers, but colleges and universities have a secret weapon: the deep bond they form with students, which should lead to a lifelong relationship, Chris Dellarocas writes.

A wide spectrum of speakers voiced concerns about the growing divide in our nation and made clear that our challenges can't be solved by intellect alone, writes Thomas G. Burish.

The surprising legal case points to realities about admissions to elite colleges, writes Jim Jump.

Is it really relevant, asks Jonathan Zimmerman, to how he’d perform on the U.S. Supreme Court?

Scott McLemee examines Susan Zieger’s The Mediated Mind: Affect, Ephemera, and Consumerism in the Nineteenth Century, which helps put into clear view the impact of mass media culture on the way we live now.

Confucius Institutes and classrooms installed in colleges and K-12 schools the world around function as propaganda branches of the Chinese government, writes Marshall Sahlins.

Higher education needs to change -- but the innovations must align with institutions’ missions and need not always be revolutionary, write Kate Ebner and Noah Pickus.