Cover Story
What Motivates Students
Many workers care more about finding purpose in their jobs than they do about pay. Why did colleges stop emphasizing their role in the search for meaning?
Highlights
Held Accountable
On the eve of the Committee on Education and the Workforce’s latest round of university president-grilling, Rutgers’ president finds himself under fire from multiple directions.
'There’s Some Kind of Mistake'
Labor activism has graduate teaching assistants out-earning some faculty members in the University of California system.
The Review | Opinion
Funds that once went to students in need are now spent on climbing the rankings.
Also in the Issue
A Sea Change
The agreement, by the NCAA and the nation’s most high-powered athletic conferences, is part of a historic settlement that still faces review by a judge.
Disciplined for Diplomacy
Critics say the agreements excuse protesters’ rhetoric and violations of campus policy.
Enrollment Tension
The FAFSA mess has left colleges swimming in financial uncertainty.
The Review | Opinion
It’s time to retire skepticism around the value of a degree.
The Review | Opinion
The University of Wisconsin system took my chancellorship. Now it wants my job.
Advice
How collective bargaining is already starting to alter the landscape of doctoral education.
Advice
Six questions to answer first if you’re thinking about opening your own business.