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Moving beyond the tension between policy makers and professors over assessing student learning will require those on each side to approach their respective responsibilities, and each other, as professionals, Victor Borden writes.

Marilee Lindemann considers the influence a single seminar with Susan Gubar had on her life – and worries that today’s public university students are less likely to meet the mentors who could inspire their intellectual dreams.

Two applications will make the time you spend online more efficient. Scott McLemee catches up with the pace of innovation.

Karen Gross looks to an old strategy -- the links between boarding schools and elite colleges -- as a possible alternative to today’s flawed admissions system for private colleges.

Last week, the New York State Board of Regents adopted a new policy that will enable non-universities, including organizations such...

The movement's rise shows the widespread ignorance of history in the United States, and the need for historians to assure their discipline can reach more students, write Erik Christiansen and Jeremy Sullivan.

Recent tragedies show that even institutions with the best policies and programs are vulnerable, write Victor Schwartz and Jerald Kay.

A small humanities journal survives deep budget cuts. Scott McLemee finds out how its editor manages to maintain the publication -- and his own optimism.