Some accents are stigmatized; others are valued. But everyone has a dialect and an accent, and one isn't better than another. A program at North Carolina State teaches students and faculty to respect how others speak.

In a Re:Learning podcast, The Chronicle talks with Joshua Cooper Ramo, who points to a shift in attitudes toward college and authority figures in general.

A long battle involving the City College of San Francisco and the commission that accredits it is about to enter a pivotal stage.

The New Jim Crow's author, Michelle Alexander, seeks a platform to effect wider cultural change.

For a profession that practitioners often just fall into, many colleges find it difficult to provide adequate training and continuing education to new hires.

These campuses have advanced from doing the minimum necessary to meet the needs of those with mobility impairments to understanding that their experience should be the same as anyone else’s.

Gallaudet University architects and researchers are establishing design guidelines that may be useful to other communities with sensory and accessibility concerns.

Some states have cut back on remedial education, saying it’s broken. But more and more students are packing into the classes, and questions about college readiness still linger.

Even students who aren’t enrolled at Landmark College can attend its summer program, where they develop strategies to help them succeed when they return to their home campuses.

How can an educator reassure her worried students when irresponsible legislators have granted a universal right to carry firearms, no training required?