Opinion

I often laugh at the politics of taking coffee from a shared coffee maker. The person who takes the last cup needs to make a new pot, so no one wants to be the person to take that last serving. To avoid this, people often take only half of a cup, leaving a half of a cup for the next (and presumably last) person. This can go on for a while, and could, in theory, go on indefinitely, as dividing by two with each thirsty but lazy person will never actually result in an empty coffee maker.

"Flipping the classroom" has become one of the most popular catch phrases of the year. The idea: watch the video as homework and use the time in class -- the face-to-face time -- to hold discussions, work together, build and solve problems. Let's extend that to the conference. Why do we sit and listen to lectures and panels when what we want most out of our time together is, well, time together?

In 2009, when the clouds were just emerging on the horizon of higher education, I drafted a windy document which...

House-passed legislation to gut Education Department rules governing the credit hour and state approval will undermine consumer protection and hurt taxpayers, Rep. Tim Bishop writes.

F. King Alexander explains why a recent headline-grabbing news story comparing the price of two universities had it all wrong.

The 2012 Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings were released at 00.01 today by Times Higher Education via its website. It was intensely promoted via Twitter by the 'Energizer Bunny' of rankings, Phil Baty, and will be circulated in hard copy format to the weekly magazine’s subscribers.

Santa Monica College in California is proposing setting up new, premium sections of popular courses at higher cost for students who are shut out of subsidized sections. The cost difference is dramatic: rather than the $36 per credit they’d pay in subsidized classes, students would have to pay about $200 per credit. The idea is to allow the college to run the extra sections on a break-even basis.

Encyclopaedia Britannica announced today that it will cease publication of the 32-volume print edition. Going forward, the focus will be...