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Mega conclaves of humanities scholars have outlived their purpose, writes Rob Weir.

With K-12 instructors under attack from all sides, college professors must speak up on behalf of their peers and former students, for lofty and selfish reasons, Richard Greenwald writes.

These fields need more attention, financial support and students, and scholars shouldn't be afraid to say so, writes Matthew Pratt Guterl.

A new approach to literary criticism looks at the history of energy sources. Scott McLemee checks its mileage.

Women from Pakistan, Canada and the United States consider the implications of the brutal attack on a graduate student from Bangladesh -- and the reactions to it.

The authors of Academically Adrift may be letting black students off the hook, to the students' own detriment, writes Roy L. Beasley.

Every campus has them: senior professors who resist change at all costs. A longtime dean urges his academic colleagues to take them on.

The only way to protect foreign students is to recognize the realities involved in recruiting them, writes Mitch Leventhal.