Opinion

The small subsidies that Texas and other states give to undocumented students to attend public colleges more than pay off for the public, writes Ronald Trowbridge.

Barbara Fister writes in "The Myth of the Bookless Library", "No matter how innovative the bookless library sounds, this isn't a situation we planned. If the academic library of the future is bookless, it won’t be because of vision. It will be because of the lack of it." I think I understand the perspective of my library colleagues.

PowerPoint (or Apple’s Keynote) is the most-popular presentation application in the universe. It’s also the only piece of software that is detrimental to the survival of unicorns.

Plagiarism is a penny ante thing, a measly squalor. It's like insider trading - a pervasive, petty, ploy that excites indignation and punishment, but, precisely because of its simmering ubiquity, fails to boil up to a real problem.

Nicholas Hengen Fox analyzes the messages of hope and pride that come in job rejection letters departments send out.

William and Matt Eventoff offer tips on how to prepare (and not to prepare) to defend your thesis or dissertation.

I didn’t want to write about the Penn State scandal. People smarter and more insightful than I have already written about it (and continue to) and I have to admit the topic makes me physically ill. I also have never wanted to write a post lamenting all the current events my students know nothing about or even know exist; it’s not particularly constructive, and would only serve the purpose to vent. And yet today, I find myself compelled to write about both those subjects.

What if college got cheaper as you went along?