Sept. 30, 2016

Top Chief Executives Central Piedmont Community College, Kandi Deitemeyer City University of Seattle, Randy Frisch Coastal Carolina Community College, David Heatherly Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Laura Sparks Ivy Tech Community College Michigan City campus, Paul Linden…

Awards and prizes October 10: Humanities. The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is accepting submissions for the 2017 Translation Prize. A $5,000 award will be given for outstanding translations of contemporary Austrian literature (both poetry and prose). Selected texts from a living author have to…

The Great Recession forced hundreds of colleges to scramble for cash to pay their bills.

Academics could learn a lot from volunteering in a penal institution — about teaching, technology, and the value of a liberal-arts education.

The pope’s encyclical on the environment reinforces the need for liberally educated citizens, a university president says.

After Obama, historically black colleges are at greater risk.

Free public higher education is no longer a laughable idea. #ThanksObama

The first black Ivy League president reflects on the first black U.S. president.

How race affected nearly everything the president touched.

Meritocracy and the modern university.

Democracy, he reminds us, is a work in progress.

Appreciating an overlooked legacy.

Did it matter that Obama was one of us?

Watching history unfold over salad.

It’s time for a more realistic idealism.

Danielle Allen, Janet Halley, Raynard S. Kington, Anthony P. Carnevale, Marta Tienda, and Jamie Merisotis respond to Michael S. Roth.

Kelsey Martin, who became interested in medicine while in the Peace Corps, says she wants to foster open discussion and fair treatment.

Behind the “Professor President,” advisers executed an accountability agenda driven by economic worry and national skepticism about the value of college.

Gains in college attainment have been modest over the past eight years. Did the 44th president fail to deliver?

Descriptions of the latest titles, divided by category.

The flagship university warns students about a higher incidence at the start of the semester, but they’re already preoccupied with other dangers.

In the news lately over its ties to the Clinton family, Laureate Education seems to be reaping the benefits of a substantially different business model.

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.

How one black alumnus of a majority white university tried to paint a positive but realistic picture for prospective students.

Experts on labor negotiations say other colleges might want to think twice before replacing instructors to pre-empt a faculty strike.

As campus rates of depression and anxiety soar, administrators say they want to make sure students know where to find help on Day 1.

Both faculty members and administrators cite the state’s continuing budget standoff as the primary culprit for the drop in students.

The university, rocked by campus protests last year, has unveiled an ambitious multimillion-dollar plan. Experts say the follow-through will be as important as the rollout.

Many people in higher education are working to make college more accessible and effective. Even some who are succeeding, though, acknowledge that praise and money tend to follow what’s “new” more than what works.

Why is the keynote speech such a train wreck at most academic conferences?