Institutions should spend more money to meet the real needs of low-income students and minimum-wage campus employees, writes a senior at the University of Virginia.
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Lee Smith proposes that the nation's wealthiest colleges should all chip in and buy the Times to preserve it for future generations.

Attempts to curb alcohol abuse on campuses too often focus on only the heaviest drinkers, Brandon Busteed writes.

The common comparison of a college president to a CEO is inapt, writes Mary B. Marcy. A better analogue is the president of the United States.

Congress should not pass a law that would weaken patent protections and data exclusivity of biologic research and development, writes Sheldon Elliot Steinbach.

Lawrence White analyzes whether the professor or the institution has the last say.

Surviving your dissertation is one thing; succeeding as a new professor is something else entirely. Paul Gray and David E. Drew offer their advice.

Varied levels of unhappiness, mental illness, and potential for violence exist among college students, writes Morton M. Silverman, and there are good models to address them all.

Steven J. McDonald clears up widespread misconceptions about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Several state legislatures are considering bills to permit concealed weapons on college campuses. Bad idea, says Jesus M. Villahermosa Jr.

Today's college students have tuned out the world, writes Ted Gup, and it's partly the fault of educators.

Rhetoric about internationalizing education is not enough, writes Clara M. Lovett. Students must learn to understand how others perceive and interpret the world.

Volunteers are a helpful, vital presence on any college campus, writes Nancy Tribbensee. But proper screening, training, and oversight are essential.

Cynthia N. Malone on what professors can do to reduce the environmental costs of publishing.

Stephen J. Nelson encourages college presidents to find and maintain solid centrist ground on controversial issues.

Colleges should define what foreign-language proficiency entails, and then require it for admission to graduate study, writes Edward M. White.

Formulas for teaching writing are often maligned, but some are valuable tools for students, write Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein.

Colleges should be attuned to the differences between assimilators, accommodators, and resisters, say Margarita Mooney and Deborah Rivas-Drake.

• IN THEIR OWN VOICES: Latino students talk about their lives at Dartmouth College.

Colleges have lots of technology on their campuses, writes Judith Tabron. Now it's time to figure out how best to use it to enhance teaching and learning.

George R. Boggs exhorts Congress to revive the Dream Act, for the benefit of students, their communities, and the American economy.

Before beginning a presidential search, boards should think hard about what they want, what's at stake, and how to conduct the process well, writes William Bowen.