As more colleges approach a 60-40 ratio of women to men, Richard Whitmire writes, the effects on friendships and romantic relationships could be devastating.
(Illustration by Katherine Streeter)

It promises to be a good thing for veterans and for their country, but it's a far cry from the 1944 original, Milton Greenberg says.

Paul R. Wrubel, who advises families on tuition costs, suggests a program to give employers tax benefits if they pay back the principals of their employees' student loans.

On being imaginative, resilient, and a good ancestor: excerpts from this year's graduation speeches.

To get the leaders they need, colleges must help academics develop leadership skills, says the chancellor of the University of Georgia.

The process of grading the SAT's essay portion is so demonstrably subjective that the results are useless, writes Leonard Mlodinow.

Restrictions on unclassified research are impeding the nation's ability to be economically competitive and defend itself against potential threats, write Jacques S. Gansler and Alice P. Gast.

New efforts to curb online bullying could affect colleges and their students, Robert M. O'Neil writes.

A new book that takes up where the classic American Higher Education leaves off shows the proliferation of voices in academe, Thomas Bender writes.

James Alan Fox says students could be traumatized by efforts to help them live through attacks they are extremely unlikely to face.

As provost, he knows more than he can possibly tell. That is the privilege — and the burden, writes James J. O'Donnell.

Where is the national will, asks Richard G. DiFeliciantonio, to ensure that students who want to go to college are financially able to do so?

If colleges are worried about the accountability called for by the Spellings Report, they ain't seen nothing yet, says Richard K. Vedder.

Today's students face the first truly worldwide environmental challenge, John Petersen writes. Colleges need to prepare them.

An undergraduate assigned to work in a laboratory is injured in an accident. Ann H. Franke asks: Does workers' compensation apply? Or can he sue the college?

Supervisors of students working on the campus have a responsibility to make those positions as educational as possible, Jonathan S. Lewis writes.

A former university president, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, looks back on 19 years of lessons learned on the job.

A president can do a better job and have more fun by focusing on the big picture, writes the former president of Rollins College.

An order permitting U.S. presidents and former presidents to withhold their records from the public is "a frontal assault on the principle of open government," two historians say.

The former president of Western State College of Colorado says presidents can avoid problems by moving carefully, communicating clearly, and elevating discussions.