Academe Today

Why The University's Insatiable Appetite Will Be Its Undoing

It's time for higher education to do less.

Faculty

2 Scholars Quit UVa Center Over Appointment of Former Trump Administration Official

The two historians resigned their posts at the Miller Center for public policy over the appointment of Marc Short. The center’s director maintained that Short will provide valuable expertise.

Government

Issues of Accreditation Predominate in New Rulemaking Announced by Education Dept.

The process, crucial to colleges’ eligibility for federal student aid, will be the focus of a new round of negotiated rulemaking.

From the Archives

What’s Rule-Making Like? ‘I Can’t Overstate How Deeply Dull the Process Is’

With the renegotiation of two major federal rules on the horizon, past participants reflect on the lengthy process of “neg-reg,” in which efforts can approach the heroic.

In the Hot Seat

Higher Ed’s Biggest Moral Failure? And 4 Other Questions for U.C. Irvine's Chancellor

“In the Hot Seat,” a new series in which college administrators are asked a series of surprise questions, talks with Howard Gillman, chancellor of the University of California at Irvine.

The Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample.

Commentary

Don’t Get Rid of the Income-Based Loan Repayment System. Fix It.

Here are the steps Congress should take to eliminate the excesses and shortcomings of current student-debt programs.

Lingua Franca

Getting a Fix on ‘Fixers’

Is a fixer a good guy or a bad guy? Lucy Ferriss looks at the history of the word, which she always thought of as pejorative. In 2018, it no longer raises eyebrows.