Disciplinary Societies' Decades-Old Choices Lead to Uncertain Futures for Some

Economic realities, and quirks of history, mean some scholarly associations are well off. Others are on shaky financial footing.

Former Army Medic Finds a New Mission in College

Matthew Reilly joined the Army with higher education in mind. After a disabling injury and years of convalescence, he's back in the classroom.

On a Maryland Campus, Veterans Journey From 'Combat to College'

Small, inexpensive changes in existing policies and services yielded a big improvement for veterans enrolled at Montgomery College.

With Earmarks Banned, Colleges Learn to Lobby Agencies Instead of Congress

Campus officials scout out new sources of funds, but winning competitively awarded grants calls for a new game plan.

Percolator: An Idea With Tentacles

An ecologist at the University of Arizona says the octopus offers lessons in national security.

For New Republican Governors, Higher-Education Reform Proves an Elusive Goal

Attempts to remake public colleges' relationships with state governments have met with mixed success.

No Financial Aid, No Problem. For-Profit University Sets $199-a-Month Tuition for Online Courses

New Charter University sets the low tuition rate so that students shouldn't need to borrow, and they can take as many classes as they can finish in a semester.

Students Endlessly E-Mail Professors for Help. A New Service Hopes to Organize the Answers.

Piazza works like an online study hall, allowing students to pose questions to their professors and to one another.

What Makes a Top-Tier Online Education? A Dose of Hollywood

2tor builds online degree programs for selective colleges, including top-quality videos.

Hot Type: An Open Letter to Academic Publishers About Open Access

Dear publishers: Are you nervous? Some of you should be.

WIred Campus: Blackboard Buys 2 Leading Supporters of Open-Source Competitor Moodle

Now the course-management software company essentially owns the open-source alternatives.

In Canada, Business Schools Lead Globalization Push

A focus on language and experiential learning is helping to raise their global profile.

Obama Campaign Looks to Re-energize Disenchanted Young Voters

The youth vote made a big difference in 2008, but no one knows yet whether students are as motivated this year, and some are clearly disappointed.

Transitions: Dartmouth's President Is Nominee to Lead World Bank, and Other Job News

Two American academics are being considered to lead the World Bank, and other job news.

NYU Invites a Prominent American Bioethicist to Consider the World

Arthur L. Caplan will join the university to direct a new division in a department that deals with the health issues of whole populations.

Microsoft Co-Founder's Brain Institute Attracts Top Academic Researchers

The Allen Institute for Brain Research, financed by Paul G. Allen, is drawing neurobiologists from Harvard, Stanford, and other universitites.

Manju Banerjee: Why I Moved to a College That Teaches Only Student With Disabilities

An expert on ADHD, she left the University of Connecticut to direct a research center at Landmark College.

'I Was Running Because I'm an Aggie'

Jose Luis Zelaya, a graduate student at Texas A&M and an illegal immigrant, ran for president of the student body.

Student Cooks Up Magazine for College Foodies

Audrey Scagnelli, a George Washington University sophomore, created her own online publication, the fruits of her kitchen successes and one near-disaster.

A Comic Dissertation

Nick Sousanis decided to write his dissertation, about the use of comics for teaching and learning, in comic-book form.

Researcher's Findings in the Amazon Pit Him Against Noam Chomsky

Words become weapons as debates about the foundations of language heat up once again.

Harvard by Lottery

Competition seems American. Luck doesn't. But it's time we call admissions to elite colleges what they are, and act accordingly.

French Lesson: How Paris Changed Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis

Before they were icons, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis were deeply influenced by the City of Light.

Our Brains on Verse

A new book posits that we love lyric poetry because of the tender and vigorous patterns it brings to our literary and life experiences.

You Are Not Alone

Life gets in the way of writing. But a circle of peers can help spur you on.

Why College?

Scholarship, Liberated From Paper at Last

Today almost all research papers are born digital. And it's past time for tenure-and-promotion committees to deal with this reality.

Campus Sustainability: It's About People

Depending on what it does now, the movement can either flower into fullness or hit the green wall, doomed to irrelevance.

Why Does Tuition Go Up? Because Taxpayer Support Goes Down

It's that simple, writes a professor of management science and economics at the University of Iowa.

Want to Graduate? Trying Sticking Around

Who's to Blame? The Adjunct?

Experience Off Campus Is an Important Benefit for History Departments

Does Anything Justify Admissions Preferences?

The Endangered Scholarly Book Review

Done properly, they are still a key contribution to the scholarly conversation.