Budget Cuts Intensify Identity Crisis at Washington's Flagship Campus

Reducing state support at the University of Washington may hasten the kind of privatization that has already taken effect at other public universities.

'Open Teaching': When the World Is Welcome in the Online Classroom

Why not invite the rest of the world to join students in an online class? Some instructors are putting their teaching to just that test.

Eureka! Running Jogs the Academic Mind

Academics enjoy inspirational moments, big and small, miles into their daily runs.

The Quality Question

Over the next few months, The Chronicle will explore debates about quality in higher education—how to measure it and how to improve it.

The New Muscle: 5 Quality-of-Learning Projects That Didn't Exist 5 Years Ago

Federal Judge Overturns Obama Policy on Stem Cells

The judge said the president's executive order of last year violates a ban on the use of federal money for research in which human embryos are destroyed.

The Minds Behind the Mind-Set List

Tom McBride and Ron Nief keep an eye on the past as they move Beloit College's list into the future.

5 Minutes With a Professor Who Led a Relief Effort in His Native Haiti

Claude R. Malary wanted to do something to help after the earthquake. So he led students on a service-learning visit.

For the Chancellor of a New Online Campus, Every Workday Is About Branding

Allison Barber, who once worked for the Defense Department, now spends her days trying to find adults in underserved groups to enroll in WGU Indiana.

Running Sustained an Engineer Through a Professional Ordeal

It took years, but Virginia Tech's Marc Edwards outran powerful foes in a life-and-death argument.

Reason for Hope Survives in Academic Publishing Despite a Month of Bad News

Publishers continue to innovate in the face of scattered reports of trouble.

Get the Word Out About Student Aid, and They Will Come

To bring in more students, Fairleigh Dickinson University created more ways for families to learn about scholarships and loans.

As Pension Costs Rise, Public Colleges Pay the Price

The erosion of traditional retirement plans makes it harder still to compete in the academic job market.

Stem-Cell Research Backed by a Company Advances to First Human Therapy Test

In the kind of partnership that may become more common, the Geron Corporation financed the development of the cells in a lab at the University of California at Irvine.

Where Admissions Meet Faith

At Lincoln Christian University, financial-aid decisions are matters of dollars and prayer.

In Economic Downturn, Colleges Eye International Education: Cut Back or Forge Ahead?

Some colleges push ahead in their globalization plans despite financial problems.

Boise State Cuts International Office to Save Its Services

The Idaho university has abolished its central office of international programs and dispersed its programs throughout the campus.

Reality and Sustainability: A Philosopher's View

"Rather than standing their ground and speaking the truth about what they know, however, most university faculty members seem to be running scared."

No-Nonsense Attendance Policies Would Cut Default Rates

"While I was being interviewed for an adjunct teaching job at a privately owned, multicampus college, the program director advised me that the school offered career-focused...

What's the Big Idea?

For The Review's 10th anniversary, we posed that question to some thoughtful academics.

Will the Book Survive Generation Text?

Will the king of academe's text mountain be dethroned?

College Love: John, Harvard, and Me

Some institutional attachments border on the obsessive.

Evolution of an Article

"After a process of editing that went on for weeks, the final product ... had lost important reader cues."

The Language of Rage

Getting a Life After Death

How to Create a Problem-Solving Institution (and Avoid Organizational Silos)

These five strategies will help universities turn good ideas into reality (and avoid organizational silos).

'Sex Week' Should Arouse Caution Most of All

Universities should take control of popular campus workshops about sex, where pornography, sex toys, and violence take center stage.

5 Steps to a Memorable Teaching Philosophy

How do you write a teaching statement that doesn't sound exactly like everybody else's?