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Wick Sloane shares the tale of a student and of Tim O’Brien, from Vietnam -- North and South -- to Bunker Hill, and on to Mount Holyoke.

Cliff Adelman explores the rhetoric and practice surrounding an oft-used phrase -- and asks readers to consider six frameworks for thinking about the word before they next utter it.

A classic work on the Depression era is back in print. Scott McLemee rallies to its call.

In 2009 a group of 42 researchers, educators, and entrepreneurs met together at the invitation of Union Square Ventures, a...

Humanities scholars should celebrate and preserve the lack of a clear hierarchy for journals in their disciplines, writes Jeffrey R. Di Leo.

While faculty members have many traits, at the end of the tough academic year, Michael Bugeja focuses on the positive ones.

The White House is looking to colleges to further one of President Obama’s key goals. Eboo Patel explains why.

A new book worries over what the Internet is doing to our brains. Scott McLemee scratches his head.