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College leaders opposed federal efforts to dictate student learning measures. They should do the same, Bernard Fryshman writes, to efforts by some higher education groups to specify content.

A new film takes an almost hallucinatory look at the protests in Chicago in 1968. Scott McLemee trips into its black holes.

Terry Caesar considers how he answers this most annoying of student questions.

Thomas R. Tritton considers how his students who aspire to become college administrators approach some of the key issues.

Service members account for as much as 5 percent of all college students. Isn’t it time that we knew more about who they are, what they’re studying, and how they’re doing? Clifford Adelman writes.

Sharon S. Lee writes that recent student newspaper controversies point to larger issues about the way groups interact and are defined on campuses.

Are there rules for what titles you are permitted to keep on your shelves? Scott McLemee thinks it's all rule of thumb.

Higher education has progressed in making educational materials freely available over the Internet, but technical challenges -- and, perhaps more stubbornly, cultural resistance -- must still be overcome, says Lisa Petrides.