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Admission to higher education in Brazil: the ENEM debacle

On November 7, 2010, 3.3 million Brazilian secondary school graduates, hoping for a place in a university, took the National...

Are colleges that expose confidential student records vulnerable to class-action lawsuits? No.

Nice try, Mr. Grande, the plaintiff's lawyer, but I don't suspect there will be any cigars. Many articles on the...

Thanksgiving: Binge or Break?

Kerry Ann Rockquemore reviews two approaches by academics to the holiday.

Open Letter to SUNY Albany

Gregory A. Petsko writes about why he, a scientist at another university, is alarmed by planned cuts in foreign language programs.

Professing While Female

Where does professors’ authority in the classroom come from? On one level the answer is simple: it comes from our...

Mapping the Terrain of Online Education

Two surveys released earlier this month add detail to the map of online education in the United States. The 2010...

Undermatching

The phrase was new to me but the concept and the consequences are very familiar. William G. Bowen, in giving...

The Sick Kid Shuffle

This weekend The Girl got hit by a nasty stomach bug, so nobody got much sleep and our Sunday plans...